μέλε

A. my friend! Ar. Eq. 671, Nu. 33, 1192, V. 1400, Pax 137, Ec. 120, 133; νὴ Δία, ὦ μ. Pl. Tht. 178e; τί κόπτεις, ὦ μ.; Men. 457: sarcastically, διαρραγείης, ὦ μ. Ar. Av. 1257. (Gramm. expl. it by ὦ ἐπι‐μελ‐είας ἄξιε καὶ οἷον με‐μελ‐ημένε, Sch.Pl. l.c. (who says it was originally used by women only), or connect it with μέλεος, Sch.Ar. Eq. 668: but it is perh. voc. of Μέλος 'good', cf. Lat. melior.)