Mĕlas
Mĕlas, ănis and ae, m., = Μέλας (black). The name of several rivers. A river of Bœotia, now Mavropotami, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 230; Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 3; Stat. Th. 7, 273.— A river of Thrace, now Kavatch, Liv. 38, 40, 5; Mela, 2, 2, 8; Ov. M. 2, 274; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43.— A river of Sicily, now Nocito: sacrorumque Melan pascua laeta boum, Ov. F. 4, 476.— A river of Cappadocia, now Jochmah Su, Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 11.— A river of Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93.— A son of Phryxus, Hyg. Fab. 3.— One of the Etruscan seamen whom Bacchus changed into dolphins, Hyg. Fab. 134.
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mĕlas
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melas
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Mĕlas, ănis and ae, m., = Μέλας (black). The name of several rivers. A river of Bœotia, now Mavropotami, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 230; Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 3; Stat. Th. 7, 273.— A river of Thrace, now Kavatch, Liv. 38, 40, 5; Mela, 2, 2, 8; Ov. M. 2, 274; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43.— A river of Sicily, now Nocito: sacrorumque Melan pascua laeta boum, Ov. F. 4, 476.— A river of Cappadocia, now Jochmah Su, Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 11.— A river of Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93.— A son of Phryxus, Hyg. Fab. 3.— One of the Etruscan seamen whom Bacchus changed into dolphins, Hyg. Fab. 134.
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