μέλε2
μέλε (B), Att. voc., used as a familiar address to both sexes, ὦ μ.
A). my friend! Eq. 671 , Nu. 33 , 1192 , V. 1400 , Pax 137 , Ec. 120 , 133 ; νὴ Δία, ὦ μ. Tht. 178e ; τί κόπτεις, ὦ μ.; : sarcastically, 457 διαρραγείης, ὦ μ. Av. 1257 . (Gramm. expl. it by ὦ ἐπι-μελ-είας ἄξιε καὶ οἷον με-μελ-ημένε, Sch. l.c. (who says it was originally used by women only), or connect it with μέλεος, Sch. Eq. 668 : but it is perh. voc. of Μέλος 'good', cf. Lat. melior.)