μελάμ-πῡγος,
ον,
A). black-bottomed, considered a mark of manhood,
Eub. 61 ; a name of Heracles,
μ. τοῖς ἐχθροῖς a very Heracles to them,
Ar. Lys. 802 (lyr.), cf.
Hdt. 7.216 : prov.,
μή τευ μ. τύχης take care not to 'catch a Tartar',
Archil. 110 .
II). of a kind of eagle, v. πύγαργος .