A.apple or (generally) any treefruit, Il.9.542, Od.7.120, Hes.Th.215, 335 (whereas in Id.Op. only μῆλον (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, SIG1171.15 (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-vessel of the rose, Thphr.HP6.6.6.
2. cheeks, PPetr.3.p.2, al. (iii B.C.), AP9.556 (Zon.), Ruf.Onom.46, Luc. Im.6, Arch.Pap.4.271 (iii A.D.): in sg., “μ. ἀριστερόν” BGU998.4 (ii B.C.), etc.: but in Theoc.14.38, τὰ σὰ δάκρυα μᾶλα ῥέοντι thy tears run like apples, i.e. big round tears and sweet withal.
3. swellings under the eye, Hsch.s.v. κύλα.
4. tonsils, Ruf.Onom.64.
5. cups shaped like apples, IG11(2).161 B41, al. (Delos, iii B.C.). (Cf. Lat. mālum, perh. borrowed from Gr.)