- πέπων
- a melon
- 1. of fruit, cooked by the sun, ripe, mellow , Lat. mitis, [Refs 5th c.BC, 5th/4th c.BC], etc.
2. metaph. in voc., mostly as a term of endearment, kind, gentle , ὦ πέπον my good friend , [8th/7th c.BC]; κριὲ πέπον my pet ram, [8th/7th c.BC];—; in bad sense, soft, weak , [8th/7th c.BC]; ὦ πέπονες ye weaklings , [8th/7th c.BC]: —; μόχθος πέπων softened pain, [Refs 5th c.BC], etc.: c. dat., ἐχθροῖς π. gentle to one's foes, [6th/5th c.BC] (ML)