mellhtevon , verb. Adj. of mevllw , one must delay, Eur.
mellhthv"
mellhthv" , ou`, oJ , ( mevllw ) a delayer, loiterer, Thuc., Arist.
mellovgamo"
mellov-ga±mo" , on , betrothed, Soph., Theocr.
mellonikiavw
mello-ni<Eth>kiavw , to be going to conquer, with a play on the name of Nikiva" , the Athenian Cunctator, Ar.
mellovnumfo"
mellov-numfo" , on , ( nuvmfh ) of girls, about to be betrothed or wedded, Lat. nubilis , Soph.:—in Soph. Tr. 207, ajnololuvxate oJ mellovnumfo", oJ m . (sc. covro" ) must be taken collectively for aiJ mellovnumfoi , the maidens of the house.
mevllw, ME vLLW, mevllw
ME vLLW
: impf.
e[mellon
or
h[mellon
, Ep.
mevllon
, Ion.
mevlleskon
: f.
mellhvsw
: aor.
I
ejmevllhsa
:—Pass.,
v. infr. 11:—
to think of doing, intend to do, to be about to do,
with inf., mostly inf. fut.,
tavcÆ e[melle dwvsein
he was just going to give, Il.; mevllei" ajfairhvsesqai a[eqlon thou thinkest to strip me of the prize, Ib.; often with oujk a[ra , as, oujk a[rÆ e[melle" lhvxein ; did you not think you might stop? could you not stop? Od., etc.; to be about to do (on compulsion), to be destined to do or to be, ta; ouj televesqai e[mellon which were not to be accomplished, Il.; mevllen oi\ko" ajfneio;" e[mmenai the house was destined to be wealthy, Od.; eij ejmevllomen ajnoivsein if we were able to refer, Plat.
2. to express a certainty, mevllw ajpevcqesqai Diiv it must be that I am hated by Zeus, Il.; mevllw ajqanavtou" ajlitevsqai I must have sinned against the immortals, Od.
3. to mark a probability, when it may be rendered to be like to do or be, or expressed by an Adv., ta; de; mevlletÆ ajkouevmen belike ye have heard it, Hom.; mevllei" i[dmenai thou art like to know of it, Od.; ejmevlletÆ a\ra pavnte" ajnaseivein bohvn aye, all of you were like to raise (i.e. I thought you would raise) a cry of submission, Ar.
II. to mark mere intention, to be always going to do without ever doing, and so to delay, put off, hesitate, scruple, mostly with inf. pres., tiv mevllomen cwrei`n ; Soph.; often followed by mh; ouj or mhv, tiv mevllomen mh; pravssein ; Eur.
2. mevllw often stands without its inf., to;n uiJo;n eJovraka" aujtou` ; Answ. tiv dÆ ouj mevllw ; why shouldn‘t I
have seen him? i.e.
be sure I have,
Xen.;
oujde;n ejpavqete oujde; ejmellhvsate
(sc.
paqei`n
) Thuc.:—so, when
mevllw
seems to govern an acc., an inf. is omitted,
to; mevllein ajgaqav
(sc.
pravssein
) the
expectation
of good things, Eur.: hence 3. the part.
mevllwn
without an inf. (where
ei\nai
or
givgnesqai
may be supplied),
oJ
m. crovno"
the future
time, Pind., Aesch.; esp. in neut.,
to; mevllon, ta; mevllonta
things to come, the event, issue, future,
Aesch., etc.:—so in Med.,
ta; ijscurovtata ejlpizovmena mevlletai
your strongest pleas
are
hopes
in futurity,
Thuc.
III. mevllomai as Pass., wJ" mh; mevlloito ta; devonta that the necessary steps might not be delayed, Xen. ; ejn o{sw/ tau`ta mevlletai while these delays are going on, Dem.
mellwv
mellwv , ou`", hJ , poët. for mevllhsi" , Aesch.
melografiva
melogra±fiva , hJ , song-writing, Anth. From melogravfo"