μῆλον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(B), τό, Dor. and Aeol. μᾶλον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">apple</b> or (generally) any <b class="b2">treefruit</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.9.542</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.7.120</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>215</span>, <span class="bibl">335</span> (whereas in Id.<span class="title">Op.</span> only <b class="b3">μῆλον</b> (A) is found), <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.195</span>, <span class="bibl">2.92</span>,<span class="bibl">7.41</span>; χνοῦς ὥσπερ μήλοισιν ἐπήνθει <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>978</span>; χρύσια μ. <span class="bibl">Theoc.29.37</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ἄγριον</b> <b class="b2">crab, Pyrus acerba</b>, Dsc.1.115.4; <b class="b3">μ. Ἀρμενιακόν</b> <b class="b2">apricot, Prunus armeniaca</b>, Id.1.115.5, Gal.6.594 (μ. ἐαρινά <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>33.13</span> (iii B.C.)); <b class="b3">μ. Ἠπειρωτικόν</b> <b class="b2">roseapple</b>, Dsc.1.115.4; <b class="b3">μ. Κυδώνιον</b> <b class="b2">quince</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>2.55</span>, Dsc.1.115.1, Gal.6.563, <span class="title">SIG</span>1171.15 (Lebena); <b class="b3">μ. Μηδικόν</b> <b class="b2">citron, Citrus medica</b>, Dsc.1.115.5 (μ. κίτριον Gal.12.77); <b class="b3">μ. Περσικόν</b> <b class="b2">peach, Prunus persica</b>, Id.6.592; <b class="b3">τῶν Ποντικῶν ἐκείνων ἂ καλοῦσι μῆλα</b>, of a kind of gourd, ib.563. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">seed-vessel</b> of the rose, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.6.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> pl., metaph., of a <b class="b2">girl's breasts</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>155</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ec.</span>903</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.27.50</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">cheeks</b>, PPetr.3.p.2, al. (iii B.C.), <span class="title">AP</span>9.556 (Zon.), <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>46</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Im.</span>6</span>, <span class="title">Arch.Pap.</span>4.271 (iii A.D.): in sg., μ. ἀριστερόν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>998.4</span> (ii B.C.), etc.: but in <span class="bibl">Theoc.14.38</span>, <b class="b3">τὰ σὰ δάκρυα μᾶλα ῥέοντι</b> thy tears run <b class="b2">like apples</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">big round tears and sweet withal</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">swellings under the eye</b>, Hsch.s.v. [[κύλα]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">tonsils</b>, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>64</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">cups shaped like apples</b>, IG11(2).161 <span class="title">B</span>41, al. (Delos, iii B.C.). (Cf. Lat. <b class="b2">mālum</b>, perh. borrowed from Gr.)</span><br /><span class="bld">μῆλον</span> (A), τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">sheep</b> or <b class="b2">goat</b>, ἢ βοῦν ἠέ τι μῆλον <span class="bibl">Od.12.301</span> (cf. <span class="bibl">299</span>); μῆλον, ζατρεφέων αἰγῶν ὅς τις φαίνηται ἄριστος <span class="bibl">14.105</span>; elsewh. Hom. uses the pl. (to distinguish the gender, an Adj. is added, <b class="b3">ἄρσενα μ</b>. <b class="b2">rams, wethers</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.9.438</span>; ἔνορχα μ. <span class="bibl">Il.23.147</span>) to denote <b class="b2">sheep</b> or <b class="b2">goats</b>, ἔνθα δὲ πολλὰ μῆλ', ὄϊές τε καὶ αἶγες, ἰαύεσκον <span class="bibl">Od.9.184</span>; ὡς δὲ λέων μήλοισιν . . ἐπελθών, αἴγεσιν ἢ ὀΐεσσι <span class="bibl">Il.10.485</span>: generally, <b class="b2">small cattle</b>, opp. βόες, βόες καὶἴφια μ. <span class="bibl">9.406</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>786</span>, <span class="bibl">795</span>, etc.; μ. καὶ βοῶν ἀγέλας <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.148</span>; μ. καὶ ποίμνας <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1061</span>: abs., of <b class="b2">sheep</b>, ἄργυφα μ. <span class="bibl">Od.10.85</span>; μήλων εὐπόκοις νομεύμασιν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1416</span>; of Europa's <b class="b2">bull</b>, <span class="bibl">Simon.28</span>; so <b class="b3">μυκηθμοῖσι καὶ βρυχήμασιν . . μήλων</b> <b class="b2">of herds</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 158</span>: generally, <b class="b2">beasts</b>, opp. men, γαῖαν ἀνθρώποισι καὶ εὔφρονα μήλοις <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.63</span>; esp. of <b class="b2">sacrificial beasts</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">80</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1057</span>, etc.; also of <b class="b2">beasts of chase</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1069</span>:—Lyc.106 has metaplast.gen. pl. <b class="b3">μηλάτων</b>. (Not found in Prose, exc. Hdt. ap. Sch.<span class="bibl">Il.4.476</span>. The Dor. form is μῆλον (not <b class="b3">μᾶλον</b>), <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.148</span>, <span class="bibl">9.64</span>, al.; also in pr. nn., Εὔμηλος <span class="title">IG</span> 12(3).540 (Thera), etc.; Boeot. μεῖλον in <b class="b3">Πισίμειλος</b> ib.7.3193.12 (Orchom., iii B.C.), etc.: cf. OIr. <b class="b2">mīl</b> '(small) animal', Dutch <b class="b2">maal</b> 'young cow'.)</span>