"μῆλον" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /mɛ̂ː.lon/, /ˈmi.lon/, /ˈmi.lon/, /mɛ̂ː.lon/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme̝.lon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈmi.lon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈmi.lon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈmi.lon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Uncertain. Compare Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”), Hittite 𒊭𒈠𒇻 (šamalu-, “apple”), Hittite 𒊭𒄠𒇻 (šamlu-, “apple”) and Proto-Kartvelian *msxal- (“pear”). Multiple theories have been put forth: Theories on the origin of μῆλον * Beekes (2010) declares it to be a Pre-Greek Mediterranean substrate borrowing, comparing it with Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”). * Kroonen (2016) reconstructs a Proto-Indo-European byform *smh₂l-, from which he also derives Hittite 𒊭𒈠𒇻 (šamalu-), 𒊭𒄠𒇻 (šamlu-) "apple". He also connects this IE form with Proto-Kartvelian *msxal- (“pear”) and proposes that the Indo-European words may have come from a metathesis of that Kartvelian word. * Fenwick (2016) also argues for an ultimate Indo-European origin, though with differing details, and views the Kartvelian term rather as an IE loan. She reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *méh₂lo- (“cultivated tree, cultivated vine”), with a variant *móh₂lo- (“id.”). This variant is visible in e.g. Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”), Lydian μῶλαξ (môlax, “type of wine”), and Armenian մոլ (mol, “sucker, runner, stolon”). She takes this variation as evidence of an earlier acrostatic root noun *móh₂l- (“type of culturally important plant”) - which got thematized later on - showing a range of other derived forms. She further treats *móh₂l- itself as a possible archaic *-l- deverbal noun from *meh₂- (“to grow, increase, mature, be fruitful”). She compares this development to that of *webʰl- (“weevil, beetle, worm”), which she derives from *webʰ- (“to weave”)). Etymology templates: {{unc|grc}} Uncertain, {{cog|hit|𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸||grapevine|tr=māḫlaš}} Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”), {{cog|hit|𒊭𒈠𒇻||apple|tr=šamalu-}} Hittite 𒊭𒈠𒇻 (šamalu-, “apple”), {{cog|hit|𒊭𒄠𒇻||apple|tr=šamlu-}} Hittite 𒊭𒄠𒇻 (šamlu-, “apple”), {{cog|ccs-pro|*msxal-||pear}} Proto-Kartvelian *msxal- (“pear”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek, {{der|grc|qfa-sub|-}} substrate, {{cog|hit|𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸||grapevine|tr=māḫlaš}} Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”), {{m|hit|𒊭𒈠𒇻|tr=šamalu-}} 𒊭𒈠𒇻 (šamalu-), {{m|hit|𒊭𒄠𒇻|tr=šamlu-}} 𒊭𒄠𒇻 (šamlu-), {{m|ccs-pro|*msxal-||pear}} *msxal- (“pear”), {{m+|ine-pro|*méh₂lo-|gloss=cultivated tree, cultivated vine}} Proto-Indo-European *méh₂lo- (“cultivated tree, cultivated vine”), {{m|ine-pro|*móh₂lo-|gloss=id.}} *móh₂lo- (“id.”), {{m+|hit|𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸||grapevine|tr=māḫlaš}} Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”), {{m+|xld|μῶλαξ||type of wine|tr=môlax}} Lydian μῶλαξ (môlax, “type of wine”), {{m+|hy|մոլ|gloss=sucker, runner, stolon}} Armenian մոլ (mol, “sucker, runner, stolon”), {{m|ine-pro|*móh₂l-|gloss=type of culturally important plant}} *móh₂l- (“type of culturally important plant”), {{m|ine-pro|*meh₂-|gloss=to grow, increase, mature, be fruitful}} *meh₂- (“to grow, increase, mature, be fruitful”), {{m|ine-pro|*webʰl-|gloss=weevil, beetle, worm}} *webʰl- (“weevil, beetle, worm”), {{m|ine-pro|*webʰ-|t=to weave}} *webʰ- (“to weave”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μήλου|n|second}} μῆλον • (mêlon) n (genitive μήλου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μῆλον|μήλου}}, {{grc-decl|μᾶλον|μάλου|dial=lak}} Forms: mêlon [romanization], μήλου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ μῆλον [nominative, singular], τὼ μήλω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ μῆλᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ μήλου [genitive, singular], τοῖν μήλοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μήλων [genitive, plural], τῷ μήλῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν μήλοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς μήλοις [dative, plural], τὸ μῆλον [accusative, singular], τὼ μήλω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ μῆλᾰ [accusative, plural], μῆλον [singular, vocative], μήλω [dual, vocative], μῆλᾰ [plural, vocative], declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ μᾶλον [nominative, singular], τὼ μᾱ́λω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ μᾶλᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ μᾱ́λω [genitive, singular], τοῖν μᾱ́λοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μᾱ́λων [genitive, plural], τῷ μᾱ́λῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν μᾱ́λοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς μᾱ́λοις [dative, plural], τὸ μᾶλον [accusative, singular], τὼ μᾱ́λω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ μᾱ́λως [accusative, plural], μᾶλον [singular, vocative], μᾱ́λω [dual, vocative], μᾶλᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. apple
    Sense id: en-μῆλον-grc-noun-OnvT4jYK
  2. any fruit from a tree Categories (lifeform): Fruits
    Sense id: en-μῆλον-grc-noun-rXQD6hwi Disambiguation of Fruits: 3 32 3 16 9 3 33 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 6 36 6 14 9 6 25 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 6 39 6 13 8 6 23
  3. (figuratively, in the plural) a woman's breast Tags: figuratively, in-plural
    Sense id: en-μῆλον-grc-noun-dcHFnAok
  4. (in the plural) cheeks Tags: in-plural Categories (lifeform): Fruits
    Sense id: en-μῆλον-grc-noun-563IN6O6 Disambiguation of Fruits: 3 32 3 16 9 3 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: μᾶλον (mâlon) [Doric], Aeolic
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: ἀρίμηλον (arímēlon), γλυκύμηλον (glukúmēlon), ἐπῐμηλῐ́ς (epimēlís), κεδρόμηλον (kedrómēlon), κιτρόμηλον (kitrómēlon), κοκκῠ́μηλον (kokkúmēlon), λιτρόμηλον (litrómēlon), μελίμηλον (melímēlon), μηλέα (mēléa), μήλινος (mḗlinos), μηλινόχρους (mēlinókhrous), μηλίτης (mēlítēs), μηλοβολέω (mēloboléō), μηλοειδής (mēloeidḗs), μηλόκαρπον (mēlókarpon), μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion), μηλομαχία (mēlomakhía), μηλοπάρειος (mēlopáreios), μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), μηλοῦχος (mēloûkhos), μηλοφάγος (mēlophágos), μηλοφορέω (mēlophoréō), μηλοφορία (mēlophoría), μηλοφόρος (mēlophóros), μηλόχροος (mēlókhroos), μηλόχρους (mēlókhrous), μήλοψ (mḗlops), μῆλοψ (mêlops), μηλώδης (mēlṓdēs), μήλωθρον (mḗlōthron), μηλών (mēlṓn), ῥοδόμηλον (rhodómēlon), Φιλομήλη (Philomḗlē), φιλόμηλος (philómēlos), χρῡσόμηλον (khrūsómēlon), ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς (hamamēlís), μήλειος (mḗleios)

Noun

IPA: /mɛ̂ː.lon/, /ˈmi.lon/, /ˈmi.lon/, /mɛ̂ː.lon/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme̝.lon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈmi.lon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈmi.lon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈmi.lon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Unknown; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal”). Compare Old Irish mil (“small animal”), Dutch maal (“young cow”), Old Church Slavonic малъ (malŭ), Old English smæl (English small). Etymology templates: {{unknown|grc}} Unknown, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*(s)meh₁l-||small animal}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal”), {{cog|sga|mil||small animal}} Old Irish mil (“small animal”), {{cog|nl|maal||young cow}} Dutch maal (“young cow”), {{cog|cu|малъ}} Old Church Slavonic малъ (malŭ), {{cog|ang|smæl}} Old English smæl, {{cog|en|small}} English small Head templates: {{grc-noun|μήλου|n|second}} μῆλον • (mêlon) n (genitive μήλου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μῆλον|μήλου}} Forms: mêlon [romanization], μήλου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ μῆλον [nominative, singular], τὼ μήλω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ μῆλᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ μήλου [genitive, singular], τοῖν μήλοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μήλων [genitive, plural], τῷ μήλῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν μήλοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς μήλοις [dative, plural], τὸ μῆλον [accusative, singular], τὼ μήλω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ μῆλᾰ [accusative, plural], μῆλον [singular, vocative], μήλω [dual, vocative], μῆλᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. sheep Categories (lifeform): Mammals
    Sense id: en-μῆλον-grc-noun-XFmWFqxQ Disambiguation of Mammals: 2 10 2 2 50 24 11
  2. goat
    Sense id: en-μῆλον-grc-noun-VIDwjzWW
  3. beast Categories (lifeform): Fruits
    Sense id: en-μῆλον-grc-noun-G~QXvYcW Disambiguation of Fruits: 3 32 3 16 9 3 33 Categories (other): Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 7 14 7 16 13 7 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: μεῖλον (meîlon) [Boeotian]
Etymology number: 2 Derived forms: μήλειος (mḗleios), Εὔμηλος (Eúmēlos), μηλοβατέω (mēlobatéō), μηλοβοσκός (mēloboskós), μηλοβότας (mēlobótas), μηλοβοτέω (mēlobotéō), μηλοβοτήρ (mēlobotḗr), μηλοβότης (mēlobótēs), μηλόβοτος (mēlóbotos), μηλοθύτης (mēlothútēs), μηλοκτόνος (mēloktónos), μηλονόμης (mēlonómēs), μηλονόμος (mēlonómos), μηλοσκόπος (mēloskópos), μηλοσόη (mēlosóē), μηλοσσόος (mēlossóos), μηλοσφαγέω (mēlosphagéō), μηλοσφαγία (mēlosphagía), μηλοτρόφος (mēlotróphos), μηλοφόνος (mēlophónos), μηλοφῠ́λᾰξ (mēlophúlax), μηλώσιος (mēlṓsios), μηλωτή (mēlōtḗ), μηλᾰ́της (mēlátēs), πολύμηλος (polúmēlos), φερέμηλος (pherémēlos)

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "arímēlon",
      "word": "ἀρίμηλον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "glukúmēlon",
      "word": "γλυκύμηλον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "epimēlís",
      "word": "ἐπῐμηλῐ́ς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kedrómēlon",
      "word": "κεδρόμηλον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kitrómēlon",
      "word": "κιτρόμηλον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kokkúmēlon",
      "word": "κοκκῠ́μηλον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "litrómēlon",
      "word": "λιτρόμηλον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "melímēlon",
      "word": "μελίμηλον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēléa",
      "word": "μηλέα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mḗlinos",
      "word": "μήλινος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlinókhrous",
      "word": "μηλινόχρους"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlítēs",
      "word": "μηλίτης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēloboléō",
      "word": "μηλοβολέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēloeidḗs",
      "word": "μηλοειδής"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlókarpon",
      "word": "μηλόκαρπον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlokudṓnion",
      "word": "μηλοκυδώνιον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlomakhía",
      "word": "μηλομαχία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlopáreios",
      "word": "μηλοπάρειος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlopépōn",
      "word": "μηλοπέπων"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēloûkhos",
      "word": "μηλοῦχος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlophágos",
      "word": "μηλοφάγος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlophoréō",
      "word": "μηλοφορέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlophoría",
      "word": "μηλοφορία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlophóros",
      "word": "μηλοφόρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlókhroos",
      "word": "μηλόχροος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlókhrous",
      "word": "μηλόχρους"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mḗlops",
      "word": "μήλοψ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mêlops",
      "word": "μῆλοψ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlṓdēs",
      "word": "μηλώδης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mḗlōthron",
      "word": "μήλωθρον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlṓn",
      "word": "μηλών"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rhodómēlon",
      "word": "ῥοδόμηλον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Philomḗlē",
      "word": "Φιλομήλη"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "philómēlos",
      "word": "φιλόμηλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "khrūsómēlon",
      "word": "χρῡσόμηλον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hamamēlís",
      "word": "ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mḗleios",
      "word": "μήλειος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "μήλο"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: μήλο (mílo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: μήλο (mílo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tsd",
            "2": "μάλι"
          },
          "expansion": "Tsakonian: μάλι (máli)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tsakonian: μάλι (máli)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sqj-pro",
            "2": "*mālā",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Albanian: *mālā",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "μᾶλα"
          },
          "expansion": "μᾶλα (mâla)",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Doric μᾶλα (mâla)"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Doric μᾶλα (mâla))",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Albanian: *mālā (via Doric μᾶλα (mâla))"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "mollë"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: mollë",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: mollë"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "mālum",
            "3": "mēlum",
            "4": "mēlo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: mālum, mēlum, mēlo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: mālum, mēlum, mēlo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Malus",
            "bor": "y"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Malus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Malus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grapevine",
        "tr": "māḫlaš"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒊭𒈠𒇻",
        "3": "",
        "4": "apple",
        "tr": "šamalu-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒊭𒈠𒇻 (šamalu-, “apple”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒊭𒄠𒇻",
        "3": "",
        "4": "apple",
        "tr": "šamlu-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒊭𒄠𒇻 (šamlu-, “apple”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ccs-pro",
        "2": "*msxal-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pear"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Kartvelian *msxal- (“pear”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qfa-sub",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grapevine",
        "tr": "māḫlaš"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒊭𒈠𒇻",
        "tr": "šamalu-"
      },
      "expansion": "𒊭𒈠𒇻 (šamalu-)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒊭𒄠𒇻",
        "tr": "šamlu-"
      },
      "expansion": "𒊭𒄠𒇻 (šamlu-)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ccs-pro",
        "2": "*msxal-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pear"
      },
      "expansion": "*msxal- (“pear”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*méh₂lo-",
        "gloss": "cultivated tree, cultivated vine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méh₂lo- (“cultivated tree, cultivated vine”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*móh₂lo-",
        "gloss": "id."
      },
      "expansion": "*móh₂lo- (“id.”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grapevine",
        "tr": "māḫlaš"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xld",
        "2": "μῶλαξ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "type of wine",
        "tr": "môlax"
      },
      "expansion": "Lydian μῶλαξ (môlax, “type of wine”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "մոլ",
        "gloss": "sucker, runner, stolon"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian մոլ (mol, “sucker, runner, stolon”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*móh₂l-",
        "gloss": "type of culturally important plant"
      },
      "expansion": "*móh₂l- (“type of culturally important plant”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*meh₂-",
        "gloss": "to grow, increase, mature, be fruitful"
      },
      "expansion": "*meh₂- (“to grow, increase, mature, be fruitful”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*webʰl-",
        "gloss": "weevil, beetle, worm"
      },
      "expansion": "*webʰl- (“weevil, beetle, worm”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*webʰ-",
        "t": "to weave"
      },
      "expansion": "*webʰ- (“to weave”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Compare Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”), Hittite 𒊭𒈠𒇻 (šamalu-, “apple”), Hittite 𒊭𒄠𒇻 (šamlu-, “apple”) and Proto-Kartvelian *msxal- (“pear”).\nMultiple theories have been put forth:\nTheories on the origin of μῆλον\n* Beekes (2010) declares it to be a Pre-Greek Mediterranean substrate borrowing, comparing it with Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”).\n* Kroonen (2016) reconstructs a Proto-Indo-European byform *smh₂l-, from which he also derives Hittite 𒊭𒈠𒇻 (šamalu-), 𒊭𒄠𒇻 (šamlu-) \"apple\". He also connects this IE form with Proto-Kartvelian *msxal- (“pear”) and proposes that the Indo-European words may have come from a metathesis of that Kartvelian word.\n* Fenwick (2016) also argues for an ultimate Indo-European origin, though with differing details, and views the Kartvelian term rather as an IE loan. She reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *méh₂lo- (“cultivated tree, cultivated vine”), with a variant *móh₂lo- (“id.”). This variant is visible in e.g. Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”), Lydian μῶλαξ (môlax, “type of wine”), and Armenian մոլ (mol, “sucker, runner, stolon”). She takes this variation as evidence of an earlier acrostatic root noun *móh₂l- (“type of culturally important plant”) - which got thematized later on - showing a range of other derived forms. She further treats *móh₂l- itself as a possible archaic *-l- deverbal noun from *meh₂- (“to grow, increase, mature, be fruitful”). She compares this development to that of *webʰl- (“weevil, beetle, worm”), which she derives from *webʰ- (“to weave”)).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "mêlon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήλου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μῆλον",
      "roman": "tò mêlon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μήλω",
      "roman": "tṑ mḗlō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μῆλᾰ",
      "roman": "tà mêla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μήλου",
      "roman": "toû mḗlou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μήλοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mḗloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μήλων",
      "roman": "tôn mḗlōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μήλῳ",
      "roman": "tôi mḗlōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μήλοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mḗloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μήλοις",
      "roman": "toîs mḗlois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μῆλον",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μήλω",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μῆλᾰ",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆλον",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήλω",
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      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆλᾰ",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μᾶλον",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μᾱ́λω",
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      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μᾶλᾰ",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μᾱ́λω",
      "roman": "toû mā́lō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μᾱ́λοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mā́loin",
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      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μᾱ́λων",
      "roman": "tôn mā́lōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μᾱ́λῳ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μᾱ́λοιν",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μᾱ́λοις",
      "roman": "toîs mā́lois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μᾶλον",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μᾱ́λω",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μᾱ́λως",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾶλον",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾱ́λω",
      "roman": "mā́lō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾶλᾰ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μήλου",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "μῆλον • (mêlon) n (genitive μήλου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μῆλον",
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      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μᾶλον",
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      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "apple"
      ],
      "id": "en-μῆλον-grc-noun-OnvT4jYK",
      "links": [
        [
          "apple",
          "apple"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 36 6 14 9 6 25",
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          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 39 6 13 8 6 23",
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          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 32 3 16 9 3 33",
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          "orig": "grc:Fruits",
          "parents": [
            "Foods",
            "Plants",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "any fruit from a tree"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "fruit",
          "fruit"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a woman's breast"
      ],
      "id": "en-μῆλον-grc-noun-dcHFnAok",
      "links": [
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, in the plural) a woman's breast"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 32 3 16 9 3 33",
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            "Foods",
            "Plants",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "cheeks"
      ],
      "id": "en-μῆλον-grc-noun-563IN6O6",
      "links": [
        [
          "cheeks",
          "cheeks"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) cheeks"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̂ː.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̂ː.lon/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme̝.lon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mâlon",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "μᾶλον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Aeolic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μῆλον"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mḗleios",
      "word": "μήλειος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Eúmēlos",
      "word": "Εὔμηλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlobatéō",
      "word": "μηλοβατέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēloboskós",
      "word": "μηλοβοσκός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlobótas",
      "word": "μηλοβότας"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlobotéō",
      "word": "μηλοβοτέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlobotḗr",
      "word": "μηλοβοτήρ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlobótēs",
      "word": "μηλοβότης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlóbotos",
      "word": "μηλόβοτος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlothútēs",
      "word": "μηλοθύτης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēloktónos",
      "word": "μηλοκτόνος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlonómēs",
      "word": "μηλονόμης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlonómos",
      "word": "μηλονόμος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēloskópos",
      "word": "μηλοσκόπος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlosóē",
      "word": "μηλοσόη"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlossóos",
      "word": "μηλοσσόος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlosphagéō",
      "word": "μηλοσφαγέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlosphagía",
      "word": "μηλοσφαγία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlotróphos",
      "word": "μηλοτρόφος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlophónos",
      "word": "μηλοφόνος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlophúlax",
      "word": "μηλοφῠ́λᾰξ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlṓsios",
      "word": "μηλώσιος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlōtḗ",
      "word": "μηλωτή"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mēlátēs",
      "word": "μηλᾰ́της"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "polúmēlos",
      "word": "πολύμηλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "pherémēlos",
      "word": "φερέμηλος"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)meh₁l-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "small animal"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "young cow"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic малъ (malŭ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "smæl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English smæl",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "small"
      },
      "expansion": "English small",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal”). Compare Old Irish mil (“small animal”), Dutch maal (“young cow”), Old Church Slavonic малъ (malŭ), Old English smæl (English small).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mêlon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήλου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μῆλον",
      "roman": "tò mêlon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μήλω",
      "roman": "tṑ mḗlō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μῆλᾰ",
      "roman": "tà mêla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μήλου",
      "roman": "toû mḗlou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μήλοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mḗloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μήλων",
      "roman": "tôn mḗlōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μήλῳ",
      "roman": "tôi mḗlōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μήλοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mḗloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μήλοις",
      "roman": "toîs mḗlois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μῆλον",
      "roman": "tò mêlon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μήλω",
      "roman": "tṑ mḗlō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μῆλᾰ",
      "roman": "tà mêla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆλον",
      "roman": "mêlon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήλω",
      "roman": "mḗlō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆλᾰ",
      "roman": "mêla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μήλου",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "μῆλον • (mêlon) n (genitive μήλου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μῆλον",
        "2": "μήλου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 10 2 2 50 24 11",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Mammals",
          "orig": "grc:Mammals",
          "parents": [
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sheep"
      ],
      "id": "en-μῆλον-grc-noun-XFmWFqxQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "sheep",
          "sheep"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "goat"
      ],
      "id": "en-μῆλον-grc-noun-VIDwjzWW",
      "links": [
        [
          "goat",
          "goat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 14 7 16 13 7 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 32 3 16 9 3 33",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Fruits",
          "orig": "grc:Fruits",
          "parents": [
            "Foods",
            "Plants",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beast"
      ],
      "id": "en-μῆλον-grc-noun-G~QXvYcW",
      "links": [
        [
          "beast",
          "beast"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̂ː.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̂ː.lon/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme̝.lon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "meîlon",
      "tags": [
        "Boeotian"
      ],
      "word": "μεῖλον"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μῆλον"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek properispomenon terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from substrate languages",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
    "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
    "grc:Fruits",
    "grc:Mammals"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "arímēlon",
      "word": "ἀρίμηλον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "glukúmēlon",
      "word": "γλυκύμηλον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "epimēlís",
      "word": "ἐπῐμηλῐ́ς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kedrómēlon",
      "word": "κεδρόμηλον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kitrómēlon",
      "word": "κιτρόμηλον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kokkúmēlon",
      "word": "κοκκῠ́μηλον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "litrómēlon",
      "word": "λιτρόμηλον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melímēlon",
      "word": "μελίμηλον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēléa",
      "word": "μηλέα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mḗleios",
      "word": "μήλειος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mḗlinos",
      "word": "μήλινος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlinókhrous",
      "word": "μηλινόχρους"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlítēs",
      "word": "μηλίτης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēloboléō",
      "word": "μηλοβολέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēloeidḗs",
      "word": "μηλοειδής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlókarpon",
      "word": "μηλόκαρπον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlokudṓnion",
      "word": "μηλοκυδώνιον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlomakhía",
      "word": "μηλομαχία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlopáreios",
      "word": "μηλοπάρειος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlopépōn",
      "word": "μηλοπέπων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēloûkhos",
      "word": "μηλοῦχος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlophágos",
      "word": "μηλοφάγος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlophoréō",
      "word": "μηλοφορέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlophoría",
      "word": "μηλοφορία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlophóros",
      "word": "μηλοφόρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlókhroos",
      "word": "μηλόχροος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlókhrous",
      "word": "μηλόχρους"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mḗlops",
      "word": "μήλοψ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mêlops",
      "word": "μῆλοψ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlṓdēs",
      "word": "μηλώδης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mḗlōthron",
      "word": "μήλωθρον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlṓn",
      "word": "μηλών"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rhodómēlon",
      "word": "ῥοδόμηλον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Philomḗlē",
      "word": "Φιλομήλη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "philómēlos",
      "word": "φιλόμηλος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khrūsómēlon",
      "word": "χρῡσόμηλον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hamamēlís",
      "word": "ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "μήλο"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: μήλο (mílo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: μήλο (mílo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tsd",
            "2": "μάλι"
          },
          "expansion": "Tsakonian: μάλι (máli)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tsakonian: μάλι (máli)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sqj-pro",
            "2": "*mālā",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Albanian: *mālā",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "μᾶλα"
          },
          "expansion": "μᾶλα (mâla)",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Doric μᾶλα (mâla)"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Doric μᾶλα (mâla))",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Albanian: *mālā (via Doric μᾶλα (mâla))"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "mollë"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: mollë",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: mollë"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "mālum",
            "3": "mēlum",
            "4": "mēlo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: mālum, mēlum, mēlo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: mālum, mēlum, mēlo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Malus",
            "bor": "y"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Malus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Malus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grapevine",
        "tr": "māḫlaš"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒊭𒈠𒇻",
        "3": "",
        "4": "apple",
        "tr": "šamalu-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒊭𒈠𒇻 (šamalu-, “apple”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒊭𒄠𒇻",
        "3": "",
        "4": "apple",
        "tr": "šamlu-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒊭𒄠𒇻 (šamlu-, “apple”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ccs-pro",
        "2": "*msxal-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pear"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Kartvelian *msxal- (“pear”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qfa-sub",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grapevine",
        "tr": "māḫlaš"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒊭𒈠𒇻",
        "tr": "šamalu-"
      },
      "expansion": "𒊭𒈠𒇻 (šamalu-)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒊭𒄠𒇻",
        "tr": "šamlu-"
      },
      "expansion": "𒊭𒄠𒇻 (šamlu-)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ccs-pro",
        "2": "*msxal-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pear"
      },
      "expansion": "*msxal- (“pear”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*méh₂lo-",
        "gloss": "cultivated tree, cultivated vine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méh₂lo- (“cultivated tree, cultivated vine”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*móh₂lo-",
        "gloss": "id."
      },
      "expansion": "*móh₂lo- (“id.”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grapevine",
        "tr": "māḫlaš"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xld",
        "2": "μῶλαξ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "type of wine",
        "tr": "môlax"
      },
      "expansion": "Lydian μῶλαξ (môlax, “type of wine”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "մոլ",
        "gloss": "sucker, runner, stolon"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian մոլ (mol, “sucker, runner, stolon”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*móh₂l-",
        "gloss": "type of culturally important plant"
      },
      "expansion": "*móh₂l- (“type of culturally important plant”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*meh₂-",
        "gloss": "to grow, increase, mature, be fruitful"
      },
      "expansion": "*meh₂- (“to grow, increase, mature, be fruitful”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*webʰl-",
        "gloss": "weevil, beetle, worm"
      },
      "expansion": "*webʰl- (“weevil, beetle, worm”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*webʰ-",
        "t": "to weave"
      },
      "expansion": "*webʰ- (“to weave”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Compare Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”), Hittite 𒊭𒈠𒇻 (šamalu-, “apple”), Hittite 𒊭𒄠𒇻 (šamlu-, “apple”) and Proto-Kartvelian *msxal- (“pear”).\nMultiple theories have been put forth:\nTheories on the origin of μῆλον\n* Beekes (2010) declares it to be a Pre-Greek Mediterranean substrate borrowing, comparing it with Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”).\n* Kroonen (2016) reconstructs a Proto-Indo-European byform *smh₂l-, from which he also derives Hittite 𒊭𒈠𒇻 (šamalu-), 𒊭𒄠𒇻 (šamlu-) \"apple\". He also connects this IE form with Proto-Kartvelian *msxal- (“pear”) and proposes that the Indo-European words may have come from a metathesis of that Kartvelian word.\n* Fenwick (2016) also argues for an ultimate Indo-European origin, though with differing details, and views the Kartvelian term rather as an IE loan. She reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *méh₂lo- (“cultivated tree, cultivated vine”), with a variant *móh₂lo- (“id.”). This variant is visible in e.g. Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒄴𒆷𒀸 (māḫlaš, “grapevine”), Lydian μῶλαξ (môlax, “type of wine”), and Armenian մոլ (mol, “sucker, runner, stolon”). She takes this variation as evidence of an earlier acrostatic root noun *móh₂l- (“type of culturally important plant”) - which got thematized later on - showing a range of other derived forms. She further treats *móh₂l- itself as a possible archaic *-l- deverbal noun from *meh₂- (“to grow, increase, mature, be fruitful”). She compares this development to that of *webʰl- (“weevil, beetle, worm”), which she derives from *webʰ- (“to weave”)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mêlon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήλου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μῆλον",
      "roman": "tò mêlon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μήλω",
      "roman": "tṑ mḗlō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μῆλᾰ",
      "roman": "tà mêla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μήλου",
      "roman": "toû mḗlou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μήλοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mḗloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μήλων",
      "roman": "tôn mḗlōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μήλῳ",
      "roman": "tôi mḗlōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μήλοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mḗloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μήλοις",
      "roman": "toîs mḗlois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μῆλον",
      "roman": "tò mêlon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μήλω",
      "roman": "tṑ mḗlō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μῆλᾰ",
      "roman": "tà mêla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆλον",
      "roman": "mêlon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήλω",
      "roman": "mḗlō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆλᾰ",
      "roman": "mêla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μᾶλον",
      "roman": "tò mâlon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μᾱ́λω",
      "roman": "tṑ mā́lō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μᾶλᾰ",
      "roman": "tà mâla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μᾱ́λω",
      "roman": "toû mā́lō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μᾱ́λοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mā́loin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μᾱ́λων",
      "roman": "tôn mā́lōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μᾱ́λῳ",
      "roman": "tôi mā́lōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μᾱ́λοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mā́loin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μᾱ́λοις",
      "roman": "toîs mā́lois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μᾶλον",
      "roman": "tò mâlon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μᾱ́λω",
      "roman": "tṑ mā́lō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μᾱ́λως",
      "roman": "tà mā́lōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾶλον",
      "roman": "mâlon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾱ́λω",
      "roman": "mā́lō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μᾶλᾰ",
      "roman": "mâla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μήλου",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "μῆλον • (mêlon) n (genitive μήλου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μῆλον",
        "2": "μήλου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μᾶλον",
        "2": "μάλου",
        "dial": "lak"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "apple"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "apple",
          "apple"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any fruit from a tree"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fruit",
          "fruit"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a woman's breast"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, in the plural) a woman's breast"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cheeks"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cheeks",
          "cheeks"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) cheeks"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̂ː.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̂ː.lon/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme̝.lon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "mâlon",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "μᾶλον"
    },
    {
      "word": "Aeolic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μῆλον"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek properispomenon terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
    "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
    "grc:Fruits",
    "grc:Mammals"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Eúmēlos",
      "word": "Εὔμηλος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mḗleios",
      "word": "μήλειος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlobatéō",
      "word": "μηλοβατέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēloboskós",
      "word": "μηλοβοσκός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlobótas",
      "word": "μηλοβότας"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlobotéō",
      "word": "μηλοβοτέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlobotḗr",
      "word": "μηλοβοτήρ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlobótēs",
      "word": "μηλοβότης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlóbotos",
      "word": "μηλόβοτος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlothútēs",
      "word": "μηλοθύτης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēloktónos",
      "word": "μηλοκτόνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlonómēs",
      "word": "μηλονόμης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlonómos",
      "word": "μηλονόμος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēloskópos",
      "word": "μηλοσκόπος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlosóē",
      "word": "μηλοσόη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlossóos",
      "word": "μηλοσσόος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlosphagéō",
      "word": "μηλοσφαγέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlosphagía",
      "word": "μηλοσφαγία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlotróphos",
      "word": "μηλοτρόφος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlophónos",
      "word": "μηλοφόνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlophúlax",
      "word": "μηλοφῠ́λᾰξ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlṓsios",
      "word": "μηλώσιος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlōtḗ",
      "word": "μηλωτή"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mēlátēs",
      "word": "μηλᾰ́της"
    },
    {
      "roman": "polúmēlos",
      "word": "πολύμηλος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pherémēlos",
      "word": "φερέμηλος"
    }
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      "name": "unknown"
    },
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)meh₁l-",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "young cow"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "малъ"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "smæl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English smæl",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "small"
      },
      "expansion": "English small",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal”). Compare Old Irish mil (“small animal”), Dutch maal (“young cow”), Old Church Slavonic малъ (malŭ), Old English smæl (English small).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mêlon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήλου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μῆλον",
      "roman": "tò mêlon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μήλω",
      "roman": "tṑ mḗlō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μῆλᾰ",
      "roman": "tà mêla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ μήλου",
      "roman": "toû mḗlou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μήλοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mḗloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μήλων",
      "roman": "tôn mḗlōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ μήλῳ",
      "roman": "tôi mḗlōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μήλοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mḗloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς μήλοις",
      "roman": "toîs mḗlois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ μῆλον",
      "roman": "tò mêlon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μήλω",
      "roman": "tṑ mḗlō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ μῆλᾰ",
      "roman": "tà mêla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆλον",
      "roman": "mêlon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μήλω",
      "roman": "mḗlō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μῆλᾰ",
      "roman": "mêla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μήλου",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "μῆλον • (mêlon) n (genitive μήλου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μῆλον",
        "2": "μήλου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sheep"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sheep",
          "sheep"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "goat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "goat",
          "goat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beast"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beast",
          "beast"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̂ː.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ̂ː.lon/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme̝.lon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.lon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "meîlon",
      "tags": [
        "Boeotian"
      ],
      "word": "μεῖλον"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μῆλον"
}

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