- μέλεος
- μέλεοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `idle, vain, futile, unhappy' (Il.).Compounds: Rarely as 1. member, e.g. μελεο-παθής `having suffered wretchedly' (A.). As to the accent agreeing to the secondary material- and animal-adj. like χρύσεος, λίθεος, βόεος (Chantraine Form. 50 f.), μέλεος belongs because of its meaning rather to the primary oxytona ἐτεός, κενεός, στερεός; so an instance of Aeolic barytonesis?Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Like ἐτεός for ἐτεϜός, μέλεος can stand for *μέλεϜος (Bechtel Lex. s. v.; cf. on μῶλος). Further unclear; quite dobtful combinations in Prellwitz, Bq, WP. 2, 291, Pok. 719f.; s. also W.-Hofmann s. 3. malus, Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. mẽlas 1.; cf. also on βλάσφημος.Page in Frisk: 2,200
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.