Mĕlĭboea
ae, f.
I.
a maritime town of Thessaly, at the foot of Mount Ossa, the birthplace of Philoctetes, now Kastri, Mel. 2, 3; Plin. 4, 7, 16, § 32; Liv. 36, 13, 6; 44, 13.—Hence,
II.
Derivv.
A.
Mĕlĭboeus, a, um, adj., Melibœan: purpura, Lucr. 2, 500; Verg. A. 5, 251.—
B.
Mĕlĭboeensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Melibœa, Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 251.