μῆλον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[sheep]] or [[goat]], ἢ βοῦν ἠέ τι μῆλον Od.12.301 (cf. 299); μῆλον, ζατρεφέων αἰγῶν ὅς τις φαίνηται ἄριστος 14.105; elsewhere Hom. uses the pl. (to distinguish the gender, an Adj. is added, <b class="b3">ἄρσενα μῆλα</b> = [[ram]]s, [[wether]]s, Od.9.438; ἔνορχα μῆλα Il.23.147) to denote [[sheep]] or [[goat]]s, ἔνθα δὲ πολλὰ μῆλ', ὄϊές τε καὶ αἶγες, ἰαύεσκον Od.9.184; ὡς δὲ λέων μήλοισιν… ἐπελθών, αἴγεσιν ἢ ὀΐεσσι Il.10.485: generally, [[small cattle]], opp. βόες, βόες καὶἴφια μῆλα 9.406, cf. Hes.''Op.''786, 795, etc.; μ. καὶ βοῶν ἀγέλας Pi.''P.''4.148; μ. καὶ ποίμνας [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1061: abs., of [[sheep]], ἄργυφα μῆλα Od.10.85; μήλων εὐπόκοις νομεύμασιν A.''Ag.''1416; of Europa's [[bull]], Simon.28; so <b class="b3">μυκηθμοῖσι καὶ βρυχήμασιν… μήλων</b> [[of herds]], A.''Fr.'' 158: generally, [[beasts]], opp. [[men]], γαῖαν ἀνθρώποισι καὶ εὔφρονα μήλοις Pi.''O.''7.63; especially of [[sacrificial beasts]], ib.80, A.''Ag.''1057, etc.; also of [[beasts of chase]], S.''Fr.''1069:—Lyc.106 has metaplast.gen. pl. [[μηλάτων]]. (Not found in Prose, exc. Hdt. ap. Sch.Il.4.476. The Dor. form is μῆλον (not [[μᾶλον]]), Pi.''P.''4.148, 9.64, al.; also in pr. nn., Εὔμηλος ''IG'' 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]]'.)(B), τό, Dor. and Aeol. [[μᾶλον]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[apple]] or (generally) any [[treefruit]], Il.9.542, Od.7.120, Hes.''Th.''215, 335 (whereas in Id.''Op.'' only [[μῆλον]] (A) is found), Hdt.1.195, 2.92,7.41; χνοῦς ὥσπερ μήλοισιν ἐπήνθει Ar.''Nu.''978; χρύσια μ. Theoc.29.37; <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 ''PCair.Zen.''33.13 (iii B.C.)); <b class="b3">μῆλον Ἠπειρωτικόν</b> [[rose apple]], Dsc.1.115.4; <b class="b3">μῆλον Κυδώνιον</b> [[quince]], Hp.''Vict.''2.55, Dsc.1.115.1, Gal.6.563, ''SIG''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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[seed-vessel]] of the rose, Thphr.''HP''6.6.6.<br><span class="bld">II</span> pl., metaph., of a [[girl's breasts]], Ar.''Lys.''155, ''Ec.''903, Theoc.27.50.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[cheeks]], PPetr.3.p.2, al. (iii B.C.), ''AP''9.556 (Zon.), Ruf.''Onom.''46, Luc. ''Im.''6, ''Arch.Pap.''4.271 (iii A.D.): in sg., μῆλον ἀριστερόν ''BGU''998.4 (ii B.C.), etc.: but in Theoc.14.38, <b class="b3">τὰ σὰ δάκρυα μᾶλα ῥέοντι</b> thy [[tear]]s [[run]] like [[apple]]s, i.e. [[big round tears and sweet withal]].<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[swellings under the eye]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]s.v. [[κύλα]].<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[tonsil]]s, Ruf.''Onom.''64.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[cups shaped like apples]], IG11(2).161 ''B''41, al. (Delos, iii B.C.). (Cf. Lat. [[malum]], perhaps borrowed from Gr.)