μελλῆσαι

μέλλω

to be destined: aor inf act

μέλλω

to be destined: aor inf act

μελλήσαῑ, μέλλω

to be destined: aor opt act 3rd sg

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `be destined, must have; be (probably), surely, linger, hesitate' (Il.). (On the dev. of the meaning Treu Von Homer zur Lyrik 131 w. n. 1. On the augment ἠ- Debrunner Festschr. Zucker 101 f., 108).

Other forms: Aor. μελλῆσαι (Thgn., Att. prose), fut. μελλήσω (D.),

Compounds: Rarely with δια-, κατα-, ἀντι-. As 1. member in μελλό-γαμος = μέλλων γαμεῖν S.), μελλ-είρην `who is on the point to be εἰρήν' (Lacon.), s. Sommer Nominalkomp. 175 n. 1.

Derivatives: μέλλησις `want to act, the (mere) intention, the lingering, hesitation' (Th., Pl. Lg., Arist.), μέλλημα `deferment' (E., Aeschin., - ησμα PMasp.), μελλώ f. `lingering' (A. Ag. 1356), μελλησμός `delay, undecidedness' (Epicur., D. H.), also `approach', of an illness (Aret.); μελλητής m. `lingerer' (Th. 1, 70, Arist.; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 72 w. n. 6), - τικός `hesitating' (Arist.), μελλητιᾶν τὸ μέλλειν H. (like βινητιᾶν a. o., Schwyzer 732).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: To the full grade yot-resent μέλλω (\< *μελ-ι̯ω, Schwyzer 715) only later non-present forms and nominal derivations were made. -- As the concrete kernel of the meaning of μέλλω remains unknown, all attempts at an explanation are hypothetic. Old (since Froehde BB 3, 307) is the connection with Lat. prō-mellere `litem promovere' (Paul. Fest.), to which acc. to Fick further OIr. mall `slow, tardy' (WP. 2, 291 f., Pok. 720, W.-Hofmann s. prōmellere). Acc. to Gray Lang. 23, 247 denominative to *μέλος `concern, interest' to μέλω, Lat. melior etc. Quite diff. Szemerényi AmJPh 72, 346ff.: to μολεῖν `go', with also μέλος `member', Lat. mōlior `with force set in movement' etc. [?].

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