Melita, siue Melite, An yle lying betwene Sicilie and Affrike. After Plinie lib 3. cap. vlt. it lyeth betweene Corcyra nigra, and Illyricum, wherein is plentie of honie, and is now called Malta, wherein at thys time the companye of the Knightes Hospytelers doe inhabite, as they did at the Rhodes.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Mĕlĭta, ae, or Mĕlĭtē, ēs, f., = *meli/th. I.The isle of Malta, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, 103; Plin. 3, 8, 14, 92.—II.An island off the coast of Dalmatia, now Meleda, Plin. 3, 26, 30, 152; Ov. F. 3, 567.—III.A city of Ionia, Vitr. 4, 1.—IV.A city of Cappadocia, Plin. 6, 3, 3, 8.—V.A seanymph, Verg. A. 5, 825.