μέσπιλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Loan-word from a Pre-Greek origin.

Noun

μέσπιλον • (méspilon) n (genitive μεσπίλου); second declension

The medlar

Descendants

Latin: mespilum (see there for further descendants)

References

μέσπιλον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
μέσπιλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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