Meliboean

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From the name of a shepherd in Virgil's first eclogue.

Adjective

Meliboean (not comparable)

  1. (poetry) alternately responsive

Etymology 2

Adjective

Meliboean (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the ancient town and polis of Meliboea in ancient Thessaly.

Noun

Meliboean (plural Meliboeans)

  1. A native or inhabitant of ancient Meliboea.
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