μῆλον

μῆλον (A), τό,

A sheep or goat,

ἢ βοῦν ἠέ τι μῆλον Od.12.301

(cf. 299);

μῆλον, ζατρεφέων αἰγῶν ὅς τις φαίνηται ἄριστος 14.105

; elsewh. Hom. uses the pl. (to distinguish the gender, an Adj. is added, ἄρσενα μ. rams, wethers, Od.9.438;

ἔνορχα μ. Il.23.147

) to denote sheep or goats,

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 μ. 9.406

, cf. Hes.Op.786, 795, etc.;

μ. καὶ βοῶν ἀγέλας Pi.P.4.148

;

μ. καὶ ποίμνας S.Aj.1061

: abs., of sheep,

ἄργυφα μ. Od.10.85

;

μήλων εὐπόκοις νομεύμασιν A.Ag.1416

; of Europa's bull, Simon.28; so μυκηθμοῖσι καὶ βρυχήμασιν . . μήλων of herds, A.Fr. 158: generally, beasts, opp. men,

γαῖαν ἀνθρώποισι καὶ εὔφρονα μήλοις Pi.O.7.63

; esp. 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 [dialect] Dor. form is [full] μῆλον (not μᾶλον), Pi.P.4.148, 9.64, al.; also in pr. nn.,

Εὔμηλος IG 12(3).540

([place name] Thera), etc.; [dialect] Boeot. [full] μεῖλον in Πισίμειλος ib.7.3193.12 (Orchom., iii B.C.), etc.: cf. OIr. mīl '(small) animal', Dutch maal 'young cow'.)

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μῆλον (B), τό, [dialect] Dor. and [dialect] Aeol. [full] μᾶλον,

A 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

; μ. ἄγριον crab, Pyrus acerba, Dsc.1.115.4; μ. Ἀρμενιακόν apricot, Prunus armeniaca, Id.1.115.5, Gal.6.594 (

μ. ἐαρινά PCair.Zen.33.13

(iii B.C.)); μ. Ἠπειρωτικόν roseapple, Dsc.1.115.4; μ. Κυδώνιον quince, Hp.Vict.2.55, Dsc.1.115.1, Gal.6.563, SIG1171.15 ([place name] Lebena); μ. Μηδικόν citron, Citrus medica, Dsc.1.115.5 (

μ. κίτριον Gal.12.77

); μ. Περσικόν peach, Prunus persica, Id.6.592; τῶν Ποντικῶν ἐκείνων ἂ καλοῦσι μῆλα, of a kind of gourd, ib.563.

2 seed-vessel of the rose, Thphr.HP6.6.6.

II pl., metaph., of a girl's breasts, Ar.Lys.155, Ec.903, Theoc.27.50.

2 cheeks, PPetr.3.p.2, al. (iii B.C.), AP9.556 (Zon.), Ruf.Onom.46, Luc. Im.6, Arch.Pap.4.271 (iii A.D.): in sg.,

μ. ἀριστερόν BGU998.4

(ii B.C.), etc.: but in Theoc.14.38, τὰ σὰ δάκρυα μᾶλα ῥέοντι thy tears run like apples, i.e. big round tears and sweet withal.

3 swellings under the eye, Hsch.s.v. κύλα.

4 tonsils, Ruf.Onom.64.

5 cups shaped like apples, IG11(2).161 B41, al. (Delos, iii B.C.). (Cf. Lat. mālum, perh. borrowed from Gr.)