μελίκρατον

A. drink of honey and milk offered as a libation to the powers of the nether world, χοὴν χεῖσθαι πᾶσιν νεκύεσσι, πρῶτα μελικρήτῳ, μετέπειτα δὲ ἡδέϊ οἴνῳ Od. 10.519, cf. SIG 1025.34 (Cos); μελίκρατα γάλακτος E. Or. 115; also, a mixture of honey and water, Hp. Aph. 5.41, Arist. Metaph. 1092b29, Com.Adesp. 128, Antyll. ap. Orib. 5.29.7, Gal. ap. Orib. 5.14.1, cf. Sch.S. OC 481, Thphr. HP 9.11.2; μ. θερμόν POxy. 1088.61.