Melita

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Mĕlĭta, ae, or Mĕlĭtē, ēs, f., = Μελίτη.

I The isle of Malta , Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 92.—

II An island off the coast of Dalmatia , now Meleda , Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 152; Ov. F. 3, 567.—

III A city of Ionia , Vitr. 4, 1.—

IV A city of Cappadocia , Plin. 6, 3, 3, § 8.—

V A seanymph , Verg. A. 5, 825.

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