μέλε(B), Att. voc., used as a familiar address to both sexes,ὦ μ.
A. 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 byὦ 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 withμέλεος, Sch. Ar. Eq. 668 : but it is perh. voc. ofΜέλος'good', cf. Lat.melior.)