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1 μῆλον 1
μῆλον 1Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `apple' (Il.), also (with diff. determining attribute) of other stone-fruits (Hp., Dsc.), often metaph.: `(seed-)capsule of a rose' (Thpr.), in plur. `breasts, cheeks, tonsils, apple-like beaker' (Ar., Theoc., medic., pap., inscr.).Other forms: Dor. Aeol. μᾶλον.Compounds: As 1. member e.g. in μῆλ-οψ `applecoloured' = `yellow' (η 104), μαλο-πάραυος `with apple-like cheekes' (Theoc.); μηλ-άπιον n. name of a fruit (medic., Plin.).). As 2. member in determinatives, e.g. γλυκύ-μαλον, - μηλον `sweet-apple' (Sapph. [?; Risch IF 59, 10 A. 2], Call.), μελί-μηλον `summer-apple, Pyrus praecox' (Dsc.), also `applemead' (medic.) for μηλό-μελι (Dsc.; Strömberg Wortstudien 7); cf. κοκκύ-μηλον; on ἐπιμηλίς s. v.Derivatives: A. Subst. 1. μηλέη, -α `appletree' (Od.); 2. μηλίς, μαλίς f. = μηλέα (Ibyc., Theoc.), `yellow pigment' (Plu.), name of a distemper of asses, `glanders'? (Arist.); 3. μηλίτης οἶνος `apple-, quince-wine' (Plu., Dsc.; Redard 98); 4. μηλίσκα n. pl. name of cups shaped like apples (Delos IIIa); 5. Μηλ-ιάδες f. pl. `fruittree-nymphs' (Poll.; like κρην-ιάδες); 6. μήλωθρον n. = ἄμπελος λευκή (Thphr., Dsc.; cf. ψίλωθρον `id.' from ψιλόω, πύρωθρον = πύρεθρον). -- B. Adj. 7. μήλινος, μάλινος `made of apples, applecoloured' (Sapph., Thphr.); 8. μήλειος `belonging to the apple' (Nic., A. R.); 9. μηλώδης `applelike' (Gal.). -- C. Verb. 10. μηλίζω `resemble an apple (in colour)' (medic.). -- Here also the island name Μῆλος ("apple-island")?; s. Heubeck Glotta 25, 271.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Mediterranean word. -- From Greek Lat. mālum, mēlum, with mālinus `applecoloured', mēlinus `of quince-apples'; s. W.-Hofmann s. 1. mālus. The word has been connected with Hitt. mahla-, but this appeared to have a diff. meaning (`grape, vine, twig of a vine'); Cuny, REA 26(1924)364f; corrected by Sturtevant CGr.1 292, Kronasser VLFL (1956) 88, Szemerényi, Phonetica 17(1967)47; hardly to ἀμάμαξυς, Fur. 212.Page in Frisk: 2,226Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μῆλον 1
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