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

Declension
declension of μύλος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative μύλος • μύλοι •
genitive μύλου • μύλων •
accusative μύλο • μύλους •
vocative μύλε • μύλοι •
  • 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”)

See also
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