μύλος

See also: μήλο

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē, “grinder, mill”)

Noun

μύλος • (mýlos) m (plural μύλοι)

1. 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.

2. the cylinder of a revolver
3. the merry-go-round, roundabout (playground equipment)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	μύλος (mýlos)	μύλοι (mýloi)
genitive	μύλου (mýlou)	μύλων (mýlon)
accusative	μύλο (mýlo)	μύλους (mýlous)
vocative	μύλε (mýle)	μύλοι (mýloi)

Related terms

• 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

• αλέθω (alétho, “to mill, to grind”)