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μελανόχλωρος
μελανόχροος
μέλανσις
μελάνσπερμον
μελάνστερνος
μελαντελχής
μελαντηρία
μελαντήριον
μελαντραγής
μελάνυδρος
μελάνω
μελανώδης
μελανῶπις
μελάρρινος
μέλας
μέλασμα
μελασμός
μέλδω
μέλε1
μέλε2
μελεάγριον
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μελάνω
μελάν-ω, intr.,
A). grow black, only in Il. 7.64 Ζεφύροιο ἐχεύατο πόντον ἔπι φρίξ .. , μελάνει δέ τε πόντος ὑπ’ αὐτῆς (sc. τῆς φρικός), cf. Arist. Pr. 934a15 ; but Aristarch. read πόντον in the second clause and took μελάνει trans., = μελαίνει (sc. Ζέφυρος), makes the sea black:—later writers use μελανέω, intr. (which implies the reading μελανεῖ δέ τε πόντος), Thphr. Ign. 50 , A.R. 4.1574 , Arat. 836 ; τὸ καλὸν μελανεῦντα Call. Epigr. 53 ; μικκὴ καὶ μελανεῦσα AP 5.120 ( Phld.).


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to grow black

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μελάνω
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μελάνω
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μελανω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μελάν-ω</span>, intr., <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">grow black</span>, only in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 7.64 </a> <span class="foreign greek">Ζεφύροιο ἐχεύατο πόντον ἔπι φρίξ .. , μελάνει δέ τε πόντος ὑπ’ αὐτῆς</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">τῆς φρικός</span>), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:934a:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:934a.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 934a15 </a>; but <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristarch.</span> </span> read <span class="foreign greek">πόντον</span> in the second clause and took <span class="foreign greek">μελάνει</span> trans., = <span class="ref greek">μελαίνει</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">Ζέφυρος</span>), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">makes</span> the sea <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">black</span>:—later writers use <span class="orth greek">μελανέω</span>, intr. (which implies the reading <span class="foreign greek">μελανεῖ δέ τε πόντος</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg005:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg005:50/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ign.</span> 50 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:1574" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.1574/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 4.1574 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:836" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:836/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 836 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸ καλὸν μελανεῦντα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg003.perseus-grc1:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg003.perseus-grc1:53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.</span> 53 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μικκὴ καὶ μελανεῦσα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 5.120 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span></span>).</div> </div><br><br>'}