μύλη

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A mill: in Hom., hand-mill turned by women, αἱ μὲν ἀλετρεύουσι μύλης ἔπι μήλοπα καρπόν Od.7.104; γυνὴ . . ἀλετρὶς πλησίον, ἔνθ' ἄρα οἱ μύλαι ἥατο 20.106; μύλην στρέφειν, περιάγειν, περιφέρειν, περιελαύνειν, Poll.7.180; μηδὲ μύλαν (Dor.) ἐνεῖμεν μηδὲ ὅλμον IG22.1126.24 (Amphict. Delph., iv B. C.): Cret.acc. pl. μύλανς Schwyzer 180.6.    II nether millstone (the upper being ὄνος), Ar.V.648: pl., αἱ μύλαι Arist.Mete.383b7, cf. Pherecr.10.    III knee-pan, Hp.Off.9, Com.Adesp.450, Arist.HA 494a5, Paus.1.35.5.    IV hard formation in a woman's womb, Hp.Mul.1.71, 2.178, Arist.GA775b25.    V pl., molars, LXX Jb. 29.17, Anon.Lond.24.24, Gal.UP9.15: sg., of an ass's tooth, PMag. Lond.125.22, al.    VI = μῶλυ, Gal.12.80: root of λάπαθον, Aët. 1.251. (Cf. Lat. molo, Goth. malan 'grind', etc.)