Mēlo, ōnis, m., old Latin name for the Nile: Melo nomine alio Nilus vocatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 124 Müll.; cf. id. p. 7 and p. 18; Serv. Verg. G. 4, 291:
Melonis alba filia, i. e. the paper-reed growing in the Nile , Aus. Epist. 4, 75.