μέλε

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mé.le/ → /ˈme.le/ → /ˈme.le/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mé.le/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme.le/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.le/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.le/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈme.le/

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

(ὦ) μέλε • ((ô) méle) (vocative only)

1. friendly term of address for both sexes: my friend!

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

μέλε • (méle)

1. inflection of μέλω (mélō):
   1. second-person singular present active imperative
   2. (Epic) third-person singular imperfect active indicative unaugmented

Further reading

• μέλε in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “μέλε”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “μέλε”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press