μύλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *mólā, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (to grind, crush). Doublet of μῠ́λος (mŭ́los). Cognate with Latin mola, English meal, maelstrom.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μῠ́λη • (mŭ́lēf (genitive μῠ́λης); first declension

  1. A mill, a hand-mill turned by women.
  2. A nether millstone.
  3. A kneepan.
  4. A hard formation in a woman's womb.
  5. (in the plural) Molars.
  6. synonym of μῶλῠ (môlŭ)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • μῠλαῖος (mŭlaîos)
  • μῠ́λᾰξ (mŭ́lăx)
  • μῠλᾰ́ρῐον (mŭlắrĭon)
  • μῠλεργᾰ́της (mŭlergắtēs)
  • μῠλεύς (mŭleús)
  • μῠληβόρος (mŭlēbóros)
  • μῠληθρῐ́ς (mŭlēthrĭ́s)
  • μῠλήκορον (mŭlḗkoron)
  • μῠλήφᾰτος (mŭlḗphătos)
  • μῠλῐ́ᾱς (mŭlĭ́ās)
  • μῠλῐᾰ́ω (mŭlĭắō)
  • μῠλῐ́ζω (mŭlĭ́zō)
  • μῠλῐκός (mŭlĭkós)
  • μῠ́λῐνος (mŭ́lĭnos)
  • μῠ́λλω (mŭ́llō)
  • μῠλόδους (mŭlódous)
  • μῠλοειδής (mŭloeidḗs)
  • μῠλόεις (mŭlóeis)
  • μῠλοεργής (mŭloergḗs)
  • μῠ́λοικος (mŭ́loikos)
  • μῠλοκόπος (mŭlokópos)
  • μῠλουργός (mŭlourgós)
  • μῠλωθρός (mŭlōthrós)
  • μῠλών (mŭlṓn)
  • μῠλωνᾰ́ρχης (mŭlōnắrkhēs)
  • ῠ̔δρομῠ́λη (hŭdromŭ́lē)
  • χειρομῠ́λη (kheiromŭ́lē)

Descendants

  • New Latin: mylohȳoīdēs, mylohȳoīdeus

References

  • μύλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • μύλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • μύλη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • μύλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • μύλη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • μύλη in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • mill idem, page 529.