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μῆλον (mēlon) cheeks ^G:N-N

μῆλον, τό,

__BDoric dialect and Aeolic dialect μᾶλον, apple or (generally) any treefruit, [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, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; μ. Ἀρμενιακόν apricot, Prunus armeniaca, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μ. Ἠπειρωτικόν roseapple, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; μ. Κυδώνιον quince, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. Μηδικόν citron, Citrus medica, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; μ. Περσικόν peach, Prunus persica, [Refs]
__B.2 seed-vessel of the rose, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II plural, metaphorically, of a girl's breasts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 cheeks, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] thy tears run like apples, i.e. big round tears and sweet withal.
__B.II.3 swellings under the eye, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {κύλα}.
__B.II.4 tonsils, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.II.5 cups shaped like apples, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]. (Cf. Latin mālum, perhaps borrowed from Gr.)