Meles, ētis, m., Μέλης, a river in Ionia, near Smyrna, on the banks of which, it is said, Homer was born, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118; Stat. S. 2, 7, 33; 3, 3, 60.

—Hence, Melētēus, a, um, adj., Meletean, poet. for Homeric: chartae, Tib. 4, 1, 200.

— Me-lētīnus, a, um, adj., Meletine: deae, dwelling at Meles, Ov. F. 4, 236.