μύλος
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See also: μήλο
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē, “grinder, mill”)
Noun
[edit]μύλος • (mýlos) m (plural μύλοι)
- mill (for grinding flour, etc; the building housing it)
- Αλέθω κόκκους καφέ με τον μύλο μου.
- Alétho kókkous kafé me ton mýlo mou.
- I grind coffee beans with my mill.
- Idiom meaning I can eat or drink anything: ο καλός ο μύλος όλα τα αλέθει.
- o kalós o mýlos óla ta aléthei.
- A good mill will grind anything.
- the cylinder of a revolver
- the merry-go-round, roundabout (playground equipment)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | μύλος (mýlos) | μύλοι (mýloi) |
genitive | μύλου (mýlou) | μύλων (mýlon) |
accusative | μύλο (mýlo) | μύλους (mýlous) |
vocative | μύλε (mýle) | μύλοι (mýloi) |
Related terms
[edit]- αλευρόμυλος m (alevrómylos, “flourmill”)
- ανεμόμυλος m (anemómylos, “windmill”)
- ατμόμυλος m (atmómylos, “steam-powered mill”)
- κυλινδρόμυλος m (kylindrómylos, “roller mill”)
- μυλαύλακο n (mylávlako, “millrace”)
- μυλεργάτης m (mylergátis, “mill worker”)
- μυλόπετρα f (mylópetra, “millstone”)
- μυλωνάς m (mylonás, “miller, mill owner”)
- μυλωνού f (mylonoú, “miller's wife”)
- νερόμυλος m (nerómylos, “watermill”)
- ο καλός ο μύλος όλα τα αλέθει (o kalós o mýlos óla ta aléthei)
- υδρόμυλος m (ydrómylos, “watermill”)
- χερόμυλος m (cherómylos, “handmill, quern”)
- and see: άμυλο n (ámylo, “starch”)
See also
[edit]- αλέθω (alétho, “to mill, to grind”)