"[He] welcomed them with roots of meleagria and hearts of reeds."[1] But they are also called meleagra.[2]
*melea/gria: r(i/zais au)tou\s meleagri/wn kai\ kardi/ais kala/mwn e)deciou=to. le/gontai de\ kai\ mele/agra.
The headword, presumably generated by the quotation given, is the nominative/accusative plural of a neuter noun
meleagrion, which perhaps originated as a misinterpretation of
me/li a)/grion "wild honey" eaten by John the Baptist (
Matthew 3.4).
[1] Evidently an ascetic entertaining guests with food from wild plants. Quotation attributed to Symeon Metaphrastes by Adler, who notes that Angelo Mai (1782-1854) adduced PG 115.932a. See also
mu 443 (Cyril?). Alternatively, in the TLG, see
Menologii Imperiales Hagiogr., Fragmentum vitae deperditae sancti Euthymii 38.4; St. Euthymius' diet of wild foods is mentioned also at
mu 117.
[2] Or
melagria (
mu 443).
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