B
musical member, phrase: hence, song, strain, first in h.Hom. 19.16 (pl.), of the nightingale (the Hom. word being μολπή), cf. Thgn. 761, etc.; μέλη βοῶν ἄναυλα S. Fr. 699; esp. of lyric poetry, τὸ Ἀρχιλόχου μ. Pi. O. 9.1; ἐν μέλεϊ ποιέειν to write in lyric strain, Hdt. 5.95, cf. 2.135; ἐν μέλει ἤ τινι ἄλλῳ μέτρῳ Pl. R. 607d, cf. D.H. Comp. 11; Ἀδμήτου μ. Cratin. 236; μέλη, τά, lyric poetry, choral songs, opp. Epic or Dramatic verse, Pl. R. 379a, 607a, al.; [ μ.] ἐκ τριῶν συγκείμενον, λόγου τε καὶ ἁρμονίας καὶ ῥυθμοῦ ib. 398d.
II
ὕπνος, sweet, delightful, δονάκων Μοῦσα ν. h.Pan. 16; ν. Ὀρφεύς APl. 16.217; ν. ὕδωρ Nonn. D. 48.602; ἄνθος ib. 12.176. (Derived by Aristarch. from νη-, δύνω.)