Mĕles

ētis, m.
I. a river in Ionia, near Smyrna, on the banks of which, it is said, Homer was born, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118; Stat. S. 2, 7, 33; 3, 3, 60.—Hence,
A. Mĕlētēus, a, um, adj., Meletean, poet. for Homeric: chartae, Tib. 4, 1, 200.—
B. Mĕ-lētīnus, a, um, adj., Meletine: deae, Ov. F. 4, 236.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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