speak at length, use many words μακρο-λογέω, A. speak at length, use many words, Pl. Grg. 465b , Tht. 163d , Isoc. 3.63 , Arist. Rh.Al. 1440b36 , etc.; περί τινος Hp. Art. 43 ; τὰ ῥηθέντα τί ἄν τις
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speak at length, use many words μακρο-λογέω, A. speak at length, use many words, Pl. Grg. 465b , Tht. 163d , Isoc. 3.63 , Arist. Rh.Al. 1440b36 , etc.; περί τινος Hp. Art. 43 ; τὰ ῥηθέντα τί ἄν τις
cephalopod mollusca μᾰλᾰ́κ-ια,τά, A. cephalopod mollusca, i.e.water-animals of soft substance, without external shells, Arist. HA 523b2 , PA 654a10 , al., Diocl.Fr. 132 . II. v. μαλάχιον .
become soft μᾰλᾰκ-ιάω, A. become soft, τῶν βοῶν, ἂν εἰς τὰς χηλὰς μαλακιῶσι, προσαλείφειν τὰ ἄκρα τῶν κεράτων Plu. 2.559f codd. (fort.μαλκίωσι); v. μαλκίω .
weakling μάλθων,ωνος,ὁ, A. weakling, opp.ἐργάτης, Socr. ap. Stob. 4.15.16 ; = ὁ τὰ ἴδια λάθρᾳ καταφαγών , Lat.nebulo, Gloss.
white-tailed μᾰλός(B),ή,όν, A. = ἀμαλός , only inἄρνα μαλήν, a wrong division ofἄρν' ἀμαλήν, Il. 22.310 .μαλοσόα ὁδός: ᾗ τὰ πρόβατα βαδίζει, Hsch. (μαλόσαcod.); cf.ἱπποσόα, μηλοσόη.μάλουρος,ον, and
cuffs μανίκια,τά, A. cuffs, Anon. in Rh. 106.1 . ( Dim. of Lat.manica.)
loose μανός[v. fin.],ή,όν, of consistency, A. looseoropen in texture, rare, opp.πυκνός, Emp. 75.1 , Hp. VM 22 , etc.;μ. ὀστοῦν, σάρκες, Pl. Ti. 75c , 79c ;τὰ μ. καὶ κοῦφα, opp.πυκνὰ καὶ βαρέα, ib. 53
food which has to be chewed μασ-ητά,τά, A. food which has to be chewed, Sor. 1.115 .
extremities cut off from a corpse μασχαλ-ίσματα,τά, A. extremities cut off from a corpse, S. Fr. 623 . 2. flesh of the shoulders, laid on the haunches at sacrifices, Hsch. , Suid.
trifle, scrap μᾱτιολοιχός,ὁ(on the accentv.Hdn.Gr. 1.231 ), Ar. Nu. 451 , expld. as A. = κρουσιμέτρης , fromμάτιον,τό,trifle, scrap, by Sch.ad loc.:ματαιολοιχός: ὁ περὶ τὰ μικρὰ πανοῦργος καὶ λίχνος
feast of great loaves μεγᾰλ-άρτια(sc.ἱερά),τά, (ἄρτος) A. feast of great loaves, kept by the Delians in honour of Demeter, Semus 13 .
on a large scale μεγᾰλο-ειδῶς,Adv. A. on a large scale, οἱ τὰ σώματα διηρθρωμένοι μ. Philostr. Gym. 36 .
do great things μεγᾰλο-ποιέω, A. do great things, LXX Si. 50.22 . II. trans.,magnify, τὰ ἴδια Hierocl. ap. Stob. 4.27.20 .
to magnify μεγᾰλο-ποιέω, do great things, [[ LXX.Sir.50.22. ] LXX] __II transitive, magnify, τὰ ἴδια [[ 4th c.AD(?): Hierocles Facetiarum Scriptor cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.27.20. ] Ref
to Megara Μέγᾰρα,τά,Megara, Hdt. 5.76 , etc.;Μέγαράδε A. to Megara, Ar. Ach. 524 .
increase μεγεθο-ποιέω, A. increase,μῆκος, πᾶσαν διάστασιν, S.E. M. 7.108 ; τὴν ὀδύνην Aët. 7.7 . II. invest with sublimity, τὰ λεγόμενα Longin. 40.1 .
after the feast μεθέορτος,ον, (ἑορτή) A. after the feast,μεθέορτοι ἡμέραι, ἡ μ.(sc.ἡμέρα),the morrow of it, Antipho Soph. 95 , Plu. 2.1095a ; τὰ μ. AB 279 .
soothing things μείλια,τά, (μειλίσσω) A. soothing things, esp. of gifts,ἐγὼ δ' ἐπὶ μ. δώσω, of a bridal dowry, Il. 9.147 , cf. 289 , Luc. Epigr. 2 ; so of playthings, etc., A.R. 3.146 : sg., ib. 135
able to soothe μειλικ-τήριος,ον, A. able to soothe, εὐχαί Suid. s.v. Ποντίφιξ :Subst. μειλικτήρια(sc.ἱερά),τά,propitiations, νεκροῖσι A. Pers. 610 ; cf. μείλιγμα 1.2 .
lamb μεῖον(B),ου,τό, A. lamborsheep offered at the Athenian Apaturiaby a father who was enrolling his son among his φράτερες, τοῦ μείου IG 22.1237.5 ;τὰ μεῖαib. 60 ; παρέστησε μεῖον Is. Fr. 124 :
black, dark μελάγ-χῐμος,ον, poet. forμέλας, A. black, dark,γυῖα, στρατός, A. Supp. 719 , 745 (lyr.); φάρη Id. Ch. 11 ;πέπλοι, οἶς, E. Ph. 372 , El. 513 ; νύξ A. Pers. 301 ;τὰ μ. dark spots in sno
of atrabilious μελαγ-χολικός,ή,όν, A. of atrabiliousormelancholic temperament, τὰ μ. Hp. Aph. 3.20 ;οἱ μ.ib. 4.9 ; opp.πικρόχολος, Id. Acut. 61 .Adv.- κῶς Id. Prorrh. 1.14 , Coac. 92 , etc. II.
festival of Melampus μελαμ-πόδεια,τά, A. festival of Melampusat Aegosthena, IG 7.223.22 (ii B. C.):
a large kind of tunny μελᾰ́ν-δρῡς,ῠος,ὁ, A. a large kind of tunny, Pamphil. ap. Ath. 3.121b :—henceμελάνδρυα(sc.τεμάχη),τά,cheap cuts of tunny, Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2.58.146 (said to resemble black oak-