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μέλεος

μέλεος, idle, useless

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μέλεʼ Adjective: feminine nominative plural, Adjective: feminine vocative plural, Adjective: feminine vocative singular, Adjective: neuter nominative plural, Adjective: neuter vocative plural, Adjective: neuter accusative plural, Adjective: masculine vocative singular of μέλεος

μέλεʼ Noun: neuter nominative dual, Noun: neuter vocative dual, Noun: neuter accusative dual, Noun: neuter nominative plural, Noun: neuter vocative plural, Noun: neuter accusative plural, Noun: neuter dative singular of μέλος

μέλεʼ Verb: imperfect middle-passive indicative 2nd singular, Verb: present middle-passive indicative 2nd singular, Verb: present active indicative 3rd singular, Verb: present middle-passive imperative 2nd singular of μέλω

See μέλεʼ in Morpho

μέλεος, α, ον, also ος, ον E. Or. 207 (lyr.):—
  • idle, useless, οὐδέ τί σε χρὴ ἑστάμεναι μέλεον σὺν τεύχεσιν Il. 10.480; μελέη δέ μοι ἔσσεται ὁρμή Od. 5.416; οὐ μ. εἰρήσεται αἶνος Il. 23.795; μ. δέ οἱ εὖχος ἔδωκας a vaunt unearned, 21.473: neut. μέλεον as Adv., in vain, μέλεον δʼ ἠκόντισαν ἄμφω 16.336.
    • II after Hom., unhappy, miserable, ὦ μέλεοι, τί κάθησθε; Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.140, etc.; μέλεος γάμων unhappy in marriage, A. Th. 779 (lyr.); ὤμοι ἐγὼ σοῦ μ. S. Tr. 972 (lyr.), cf. E. IT 868 (lyr.), Men. Epit. 470.
      • 2 of acts, conditions, etc., ἔργα A. Ch. 1007 (anap.); θάνατοι, πάθα, Id. Th. 879 (anap.), S. Ant. 977 (lyr.); ὀνόματα Antiph. 209.8. [μέλεοι is disyll. in A. Th. 878 (lyr.), 945 (lyr.).]

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