μέλε

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(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)

friendly term of address for both sexes: my friend!

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

μέλε • (méle)

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] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
“μέλε”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press