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                    "description": "<b>ὦ μέλε<\/b>, <i>en parl. à un homme ou à une femme,<\/i> mon ami ! mon bon ami ! AR. <i>Nub. 33, Vesp. 1400 ; Eccl. 120, etc. ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Theæt. 178<\/i> e."
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                    "description": "<i>poét. c<\/i>. ἔμελε, <i>3 sg. impf. de<\/i> μέλει, <i>v<\/i>. μέλω."
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                    "description": "<i>Att. voc.<\/i>, used as a familiar address to both sexes, ὦ μ.<br\/><b>my friend<\/b>! Ar. <i>Eq.<\/i> 671, <i>Nu.<\/i> 33, 1192, <i>V.<\/i> 1400, <i>Pax<\/i> 137, <i>Ec.<\/i> 120, 133; νὴ Δία, ὦ μ. Pl. <i>Tht.<\/i> 178e; τί κόπτεις, ὦ μ. ; Men. 457; sarcastically, διαρραγείης, ὦ μ. Ar. <i>Av.<\/i> 1257. (Gramm. expl. it by ὦ ἐπιμελείας ἄξιε καὶ οἷον με-μελ-ημένε, Sch. Pl. <i>l.c.<\/i> (who says it was originally used by women only), or connect it with μέλεος, Sch. Ar. <i>Eq.<\/i> 668; but it is perh. voc. of Μέλος ΄good΄, cf. Lat. <b>melior<\/b>.)"
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                    "description": "<i>Ep. 3 sg. impf.<\/i> from μέλω, <i>Od.<\/i> 5.6."
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                    "description": "ὦ μέλε, in attischer Umgangssprache sehr gebräuchliche Anrede, sowohl an Männer als an Frauen, <i>Trauter, Guter, Lieber<\/i>, Ar. <i>Eq<\/i>. 669, <i>Nub<\/i>. 33, <i>Eccl<\/i>. 120, 133, 245 u. öfter ; νὴ Δία ὦ μέλε, Plat. <i>Theaet<\/i>. 178e ; vgl. <font color='green'>Ruhnk<\/font>. <i>Tim<\/i>. p. 279 ; später nur in der Anrede an Männer. Die Abltg von μέλεος, so daß es für μέλεε stehen sollte, ist unpassend, da es in den meisten Fällen einen entschieden lobenden Sinn hat ; <font color='green'>Buttmann<\/font> nimmt einen mit μέλι zusammenhangenden nom. μέλος an, die alten Gramm. erkl. ὦ ἐπιμελείας ἄξιε καὶ οἷον μεμελημένε."
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