Mĕlissus
i, m.
I.
(Also called Mĕlisseus, = Μελισσεύς.) A king of Crete, father of Melissa and Amalthea, Lact. 1, 22, 19; ib. § 28.—
II.
A grammarian and comic poet, librarian to Augustus, Ov. P. 4, 16, 30; cf. Suet. Gram. 21.—
III.
A philosopher of Samos, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118.