μῆλον(B),τό, Dor. and Aeol.
μᾶλον,
A. appleor (generally) anytreefruit, Il. 9.542 , Od. 7.120 , Hes. Th. 215 , 335 (whereas in Id.Op.onlyμῆλον(A) is found), Hdt. 1.195 , 2.92 , 7.41 ; χνοῦς ὥσπερ μήλοισιν ἐπήνθει
Ar. Nu. 978
; χρύσια μ.
Theoc. 29.37
;μ. ἄγριον crab, Pyrus acerba, Dsc. 1.115.4 ;μ. Ἀρμενιακόν apricot, Prunus armeniaca, Id. 1.115.5 , Gal. 6.594 ( μ. ἐαρινά
PCair.Zen. 33.13
(iii B.C.));μ. Ἠπειρωτικόν roseapple, Dsc. 1.115.4 ;μ. Κυδώνιον quince, Hp. Vict. 2.55 , Dsc. 1.115.1 , Gal. 6.563 , SIG 1171.15 (Lebena);μ. Μηδικόν citron, Citrus medica, Dsc. 1.115.5 ( μ. κίτριον
Gal. 12.77
);μ. Περσικόν peach, Prunus persica, Id. 6.592 ;τῶν Ποντικῶν ἐκείνων ἂ καλοῦσι μῆλα, of a kind of gourd, ib. 563 .
2. seed-vesselof the rose, Thphr. HP 6.6.6 .
II. pl., metaph., of agirl's breasts, Ar. Lys. 155 , Ec. 903 , Theoc. 27.50 .