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μέλε

μέλε, excl. dear!good friend!

μέλε (A), Ep. 3 sg. impf. from μέλω, Od. 5.6.
μέλε (B), Att. voc., used as a familiar address to both sexes, ὦ μ.
  • my friend! Ar. Eq. 671, Nu. 33, 1192, V. 1400, Pax 137, Ec. 120, 133; νὴ Δία, ὦ μ. Pl. Tht. 178e; τί κόπτεις, ὦ μ.; Men. 457: sarcastically, διαρραγείης, ὦ μ. Ar. Av. 1257. (Gramm. expl. it by ὦ ἐπι-μελ-είας ἄξιε καὶ οἷον με-μελ-ημένε, Sch. Pl. l.c. (who says it was originally used by women only), or connect it with μέλεος, Sch. Ar. Eq. 668: but it is perh. voc. of *μέλος ‘good’, cf. Lat. melior.)

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