μῆλον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[sheep]] or [[goat]], 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>; elsewhere Hom. uses the pl. (to distinguish the gender, an Adj. is added, <b class="b3">ἄρσενα μῆλα</b> = [[ram]]s, [[wether]]s, <span class="bibl">Od.9.438</span>; ἔνορχα μῆλα <span class="bibl">Il.23.147</span>) to denote [[sheep]] or [[goat]]s, 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, [[small cattle]], opp. βόες, βόες καὶἴφια μῆλα <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 [[sheep]], ἄργυφα μῆλα <span class="bibl">Od.10.85</span>; μήλων εὐπόκοις νομεύμασιν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1416</span>; of Europa's [[bull]], <span class="bibl">Simon.28</span>; so <b class="b3">μυκηθμοῖσι καὶ βρυχήμασιν… μήλων</b> [[of herds]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 158</span>: generally, [[beasts]], opp. men, γαῖαν ἀνθρώποισι καὶ εὔφρονα μήλοις <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.63</span>; especially of [[sacrificial beasts]], ib.<span class="bibl">80</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1057</span>, etc.; also of [[beasts of chase]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1069</span>:—Lyc.106 has metaplast.gen. pl. [[μηλάτων]]. (Not found in Prose, exc. Hdt. ap. Sch.<span class="bibl">Il.4.476</span>. The Dor. form is μῆλον (not [[μᾶλον]]), <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 [[Πισίμειλος]] ib.7.3193.12 (Orchom., iii B.C.), etc.: cf. OIr. mīl '(small) animal', Dutch [[maal]] 'young [[cow]]'.)</span><br>(B), τό, Dor. and Aeol. [[μᾶλον]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[apple]] or (generally) any [[treefruit]], <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 [[μῆλον]] (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">μῆλον ἄγριον</b> [[crab]], [[Pyrus acerba]], Dsc.1.115.4; <b class="b3">μῆλον Ἀρμενιακόν</b> [[apricot]], [[Prunus armeniaca]], Id.1.115.5, Gal.6.594 (μῆλα ἐαρινά <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>33.13</span> (iii B.C.)); <b class="b3">μῆλον Ἠπειρωτικόν</b> [[rose apple]], Dsc.1.115.4; <b class="b3">μῆλον Κυδώνιον</b> [[quince]], <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">μῆλον Μηδικόν</b> [[citron]], [[Citrus medica]], Dsc.1.115.5 (μῆλον κίτριον Gal.12.77); <b class="b3">μῆλον Περσικόν</b> [[peach]], [[Prunus persica]], Id.6.592; <b class="b3">τῶν Ποντικῶν ἐκείνων ἂ καλοῦσι μῆλα</b>, of a kind of gourd, ib.563. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[seed-vessel]] of the rose, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.6.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> pl., metaph., of a [[girl's breasts]], <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"><span class="bld">2</span> [[cheeks]], 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., μῆλον 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 [[tear]]s [[run]] like [[apple]]s, i.e. [[big round tears and sweet withal]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[swellings under the eye]], Hsch.s.v. [[κύλα]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[tonsil]]s, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>64</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[cups shaped like apples]], IG11(2).161 <span class="title">B</span>41, al. (Delos, iii B.C.). (Cf. Lat. [[malum]], perhaps borrowed from Gr.)</span>