μήλη

Ancient Greek

Prellwitz proposed a derivation from the root of μαίομαι (maíomai, “to touch, examine”). Possible, but uncertain.

μήλη • (mḗlē) f (genitive μήλης); first declension

First declension of ἡ μήλη; τῆς μήλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μήλη hē mḗlē	τὼ μήλᾱ tṑ mḗlā	αἱ μῆλαι hai mêlai
Genitive	τῆς μήλης tês mḗlēs	τοῖν μήλαιν toîn mḗlain	τῶν μηλῶν tôn mēlôn
Dative	τῇ μήλῃ têi mḗlēi	τοῖν μήλαιν toîn mḗlain	ταῖς μήλαις taîs mḗlais
Accusative	τὴν μήλην tḕn mḗlēn	τὼ μήλᾱ tṑ mḗlā	τᾱ̀ς μήλᾱς tā̀s mḗlās
Vocative	μήλη mḗlē	μήλᾱ mḗlā	μῆλαι mêlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“μήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μήλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
μήλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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