μῆλον, τό,
__BDoric dialect and Aeolic dialect μᾶλον, apple or (generally) any treefruit, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.542, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.120, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 215, 335 (whereas in [prev. author] “Op.” only μῆλον (A) is found), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.195, 2.92, 7.41; χνοῦς ὥσπερ μήλοισιν ἐπήνθει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 978; χρύσια μ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.37 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ. ἄγριον crab, Pyrus acerba, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.115.4] Refs 1st c.AD+]; μ. Ἀρμενιακόν apricot, Prunus armeniaca, [[ [prev. author] 1.115.5, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.594 (μ. ἐαρινά “PCair.Zen.” 33.13 (3rd c.BC))] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μ. Ἠπειρωτικόν roseapple, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.115.4] Refs 1st c.AD+]; μ. Κυδώνιον quince, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.55, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.115.1, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.563, “SIG” 1171.15 (from Lebena)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. Μηδικόν citron, Citrus medica, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.115.5 (μ. κίτριον 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.77)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; μ. Περσικόν peach, Prunus persica, [[ [prev. author] 6.592; τῶν Ποντικῶν ἐκείνων ἂ καλοῦσι μῆλα, of a kind of gourd, [prev. work]563. ] Refs]
__B.2 seed-vessel of the rose, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.6.6. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II plural, metaphorically, of a girl's breasts, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 155, “Ec.” 903, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.50. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]