μύλη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[mill]]: in Hom., [[handmill]] turned by women, αἱ μὲν ἀλετρεύουσι μύλης ἔπι μήλοπα καρπόν <span class="bibl">Od.7.104</span>; γυνὴ… ἀλετρὶς πλησίον, ἔνθ' ἄρα οἱ μύλαι ἥατο <span class="bibl">20.106</span>; μύλην [[στρέφειν]], [[περιάγειν]], [[περιφέρειν]], [[περιελαύνειν]], <span class="bibl">Poll.7.180</span>; <b class="b3">μηδὲ μύλαν</b> (Dor.) ἐνεῖμεν μηδὲ ὅλμον <span class="title">IG</span>22.1126.24 (Amphict. Delph., iv B. C.): Cret.acc. pl. μύλανς <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 180.6. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[nether]] [[millstone]] (the [[upper]] being [[ὄνος]]), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>648</span>: pl., αἱ μύλαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>383b7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pherecr.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[knee-pan]], [[kneecap]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Off.</span>9</span>, <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>450, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 494a5</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.1.35.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[hard formation]] in a woman's [[womb]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.71</span>, <span class="bibl">2.178</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>775b25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> pl., [[molar]]s, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Jb.</span> 29.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Anon.Lond.24.24</span>, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>9.15</span>: sg., of an [[ass]]'s [[tooth]], PMag. Lond.<span class="bibl">125.22</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> = [[μῶλυ]], Gal.12.80: root of [[λάπαθον]], <span class="bibl">Aët. 1.251</span>. (Cf. Lat. [[molo]], Goth. malan '[[grind]]', etc.)</span>