πέπων
πέπων
.πέπων, ον,
of fruit, cooked by the sun, ripe, mellow, Lat. mitis, Hdt., Ar., etc.
metaph. in voc., mostly as a term of endearment, kind, gentle, ὦ πέπον my good friend, Il.; κριὲ πέπον my pet ram, Od.;— in bad sense, soft, weak, Il.; ὦ πέπονες ye weaklings, Il.: —μόχθος πέπων softened pain, Soph., etc.: c. dat., ἐχθροῖς π. gentle to oneʼs foes, Aesch.