- μήλη
- μήληGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `chirurgical probe' (Hp., AP).Compounds: As 2. member in πλατυ-μήλη `broad probe' (medic.) and other determinatives (Risch IF 59, 285), ἀμφί-μηλον n. `probe with two ends' (medic.).Derivatives: μηλόω `probe' (Hp., Ar.), midd. also `paint wool' (Eust., H.) with μήλωσις `probing', μηλω-τή, -τίς, -τρίς, -τρίδιον `probe' (medic.); μηλ-αφάω `probe' (Sophr., H., EM, Eust.; after ψηλαφάω); μήλωθρον `painted wool' (Eust., H.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unexplained. Prellwitz proposed from *μασ- λᾱ (or *μᾱ-λᾱ) to μαίομαι, μάσ-σασθαι `touch, examine'.Page in Frisk: 2,225
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.