μέλε: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), Ep. 3sg. impf. from <b class="b3">μέλω</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.6</span>.<br /><span class="bld">μέλε</span> (B), Att. voc., used as a familiar address to both sexes, <b class="b3">ὦ μ</b>. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">my friend</b>! <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>671</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nu.</span>33</span>, <span class="bibl">1192</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>1400</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span> 137</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ec.</span>120</span>, <span class="bibl">133</span>; νὴ Δία, ὦ μ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>178e</span>; <b class="b3">τί κόπτεις, ὦ μ</b>.; <span class="bibl">Men.457</span>: sarcastically, διαρραγείης, ὦ μ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1257</span>. (Gramm. expl. it by <b class="b3">ὦ ἐπι-μελ-είας ἄξιε καὶ οἷον με-μελ-ημένε</b>, Sch.Pl. l.c. (who says it was originally used by women only), or connect it with <b class="b3">μέλεος</b>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>668</span>: but it is perh. voc. of <b class="b3">Μέλος</b> 'good', cf. Lat. <b class="b2">melior</b>.) </span>