The corpus record

μηλέα

melea · ἡ

apple-tree, Pyrus malus

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Where it lives

De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
Hellenica 2 · 0.3/10k

What it meant

μηλέα · mēlea — LSJ

apple-tree, Pyrus malus, apricot, Prunus Armeniaca, jenneting, Pyrus praecox, citron, Citrus Medica, peach, Prunus persica, quince, malus Punica

apple-tree, Pyrus malus, μηλέαι ἀγλαόκαρποι Od. 7.115, cf. Thphr. HP 3.3.1, CP 2.11.6, Androt. ap. Ath. 3.82c, etc.; μ. ἐαρινή is a variety, Thphr. HP 2.1.3, PCair.Zen. 486.2 (iii B. C.); μ. Ἀρμενική apricot, Prunus Armeniaca, Gal. 6.76; μ. γλυκεῖα jenneting, Pyrus praecox, Thphr. HP 4.13.2; μηλείη in Nic. Al. 230, Nonn. D. 12.275; ἡ Περσικὴ μ. citron, Citrus Medica, Thphr. HP 1.11.4, CP 1.11.1 (but, peach, Prunus persica in Gal. 12.76); also called ἡ Μηδικὴ μ. Thphr. CP 1.18.5, cf. HP 1.13.4; μ

In the wild

μηλέαι · mēleai Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 167)
μηλέαι · mēleai Odyssey 11.589
μηλέας · mēleas Odyssey 24.340
μηλέαι · mēleai Odyssey 7.115
Μηλέας · Mēleas Xenophon, Hellenica 7.1.28 (DIORISIS sentence 3161)
Μηλέας · Mēleas Xenophon, Hellenica 7.1.29 (DIORISIS sentence 3167)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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