μελίη

μελίη

-ης, ἡ,

• • 1

    The ash: φηγόν τε μελίην τε Il. 16.767. Cf. Il. 13.178.

  • 2

    A spear with shaft of ash, a spear in gen. Il. 2.543, Il. 16.143= Il. 19.390, Il. 20.277, 322, Il. 21.162, 169, 174, Il. 22.133, 225, 328 : Od. 14.281, Od. 22.259 = 276.

μελίη : the ash-tree, Il. 13.178, Il. 16.767; then of the shaft of the lance, lance, freq. w. Πηλιάς, ‘from Mt. Pelion’; other epithets, εὔχαλκος, χαλκογλώχῑν.