μέλας
μέλᾱς (
A). μέλᾰς Rhian. 58 , where
μέγας is corrupt for
μέλας)
, μέλαινα, μέλᾰν; gen.
μέλᾰνος, μελαίνης, μέλᾰνος, etc.; Ep. dat.
μείλανι (metri gr.)
Il. 24.79 : Aeol. nom.
μέλαις, from
Μέλανς,
Choerob. in Theod. 1.123 , Greg.Cor.
p.599 S., hence restored in
Sapph. 57 :—
black, dark: in
Hom. generally,
dark in colour,
οἶνος Od. 5.265 ;
μέλαν αἷμα, κῦμα,
Il. 4.149 ,
23.693 ;
γαῖα μέλαινα 2.699 , cf.
Sapph. Supp. 5.2 ;
ὕδωρ μέλαν Αἰσήποιο Il. 2.825 , cf.
Od. 4.359 ,
νηῦς μ., from its being
pitched over,
Il. 1.300 , al.; of men,
dark, swarthy,
μέλανας δὲ ἀνδρικοὺς ἰδεῖν Pl. R. 474e ;
ἰσχυρός τις ἦν, μ. D. 21.71 ;
τὰ μ. black marks about the ears of dogs,
X. Cyn. 5.23 .
III). metaph.,
black, dark,
θάνατος Il. 2.834 , etc.;
κήρ ib.
859 , etc.;
ὀδύναι 4.117 , etc. (the origin of the metaphor is seen in the phrases
θανάτου μ. νέφος, ἄχεος νεφέλη μ.,
16 .
350 ,
18.22 );
μ. τύχα, ἀρά,
A. Supp. 89 (lyr.),
Th. 832 (lyr.);
Ἐρινύς ib.
993 (lyr.), cf.
Eu. 52 ;
ἄτα Id. Ag. 769 (lyr.);
Ἄρης ib.
1511 (lyr.);
Ἅιδης S. OT 29 ;
Ἅιδου μ. ἀνάγκα E. Hipp. 1388 (lyr.), etc.;
ἡμέραι μέλαιναι, = Lat.
dies atri,
Plu. Luc. 27 .
3). dark, obscure, enigmatical, ἱστορίη AP 11.347 ( Phil.).
4). of character,
dark, malignant,
μ. φρήν, καρδία,
Sol. 42.4 ,
Pi. Fr. 123.4 ;
μ. ἄνθρωποι Plu. 2.12d ;
μ. ἦθος M. Ant.
4.28 .
IV). Comp.
μελάντερος,,
blacker, very black,
τοῦ δ’ οὔ τι μελάντερον ἔπλετο ἔσθος Il. 24.94 : prov. of thick darkness,[
νέφος] μελάντερον ἠΰτε πίσσα (v.
ἠΰτε)
4.277 : Sup.
μελάντατος Hp. VC 14 ,
Ar. Fr. 580 , etc.:— Comp. also
μελανώτερος Str. 16.4.12 : Sup.
μελαινότατος AP 11.68 (
Lucill.),
Epigr.Gr. 320.4 (Thyatira).
V). μέλαινα (sc.
νοῦσος),
ἡ, Medic., of diseases causing black secretions (such as
melaena),
Hp. Morb. 2.73 .
VI). μέλαν,, v. sub voc. (Cf. Skt. málam 'dirt', malinás 'dirty', Lett. melns 'black'.)
ShortDef
black
Melas
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
μέλας
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μελας
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-65930
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μέλᾱς</span> (<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">μέλᾰς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0219.tlg001:58" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0219.tlg001:58/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Rhian.</span> 58 </a> , where <span class="foreign greek">μέγας</span> is corrupt for <span class="foreign greek">μέλας</span>)<span class="foreign greek">, μέλαινα, μέλᾰν</span>; gen. <span class="foreign greek">μέλᾰνος, μελαίνης, μέλᾰνος</span>, etc.; Ep. dat. <span class="foreign greek">μείλανι</span> (metri gr.) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.79 </a>: Aeol. nom. <span class="orth greek">μέλαις</span>, from <span class="foreign greek">Μέλανς</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4093.tlg001:1:123" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4093.tlg001:1.123/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Choerob.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in Theod.</span> 1.123 </a>, Greg.Cor.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4093.tlg001:p.599" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4093.tlg001:p.599/canonical-url/"> p.599 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span></span>, hence restored in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 57 </span>:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">black, dark</span>: in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dark</span> in colour, <span class="quote greek">οἶνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:265" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.265/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.265 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μέλαν αἷμα, κῦμα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:149" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.149/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.149 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:693" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.693/canonical-url/"> 23.693 </a>; <span class="quote greek">γαῖα μέλαινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:699" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.699/canonical-url/"> 2.699 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:5:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:5.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 5.2 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὕδωρ μέλαν Αἰσήποιο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:825" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.825/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.825 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:359" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.359/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.359 </a>, <span class="foreign greek">νηῦς μ.</span>, from its being <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pitched over</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:300" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.300/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.300 </a>, al.; of men, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dark, swarthy</span>, <span class="quote greek">μέλανας δὲ ἀνδρικοὺς ἰδεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:474e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:474e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 474e </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἰσχυρός τις ἦν, μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.71 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">black marks</span> about the ears of dogs, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:5:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:5.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyn.</span> 5.23 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dark, murky</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἕσπερος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:423" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.423/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.423 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εὐφρόνα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 7.3 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">black, dark</span>, <span class="quote greek">θάνατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:834" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.834/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.834 </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">κήρ</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:859" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:859/canonical-url/"> 859 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ὀδύναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:117" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.117/canonical-url/"> 4.117 </a> , etc. (the origin of the metaphor is seen in the phrases <span class="foreign greek">θανάτου μ. νέφος, ἄχεος νεφέλη μ.</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16/canonical-url/"> 16 </a>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:350" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:350/canonical-url/"> 350 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.22/canonical-url/"> 18.22 </a>); <span class="foreign greek">μ. τύχα, ἀρά</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:89/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 89 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:832" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:832/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 832 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">Ἐρινύς</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:993" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:993/canonical-url/"> 993 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:52/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 52 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἄτα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:769" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:769/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 769 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">Ἄρης</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1511" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1511/canonical-url/"> 1511 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">Ἅιδης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 29 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Ἅιδου μ. ἀνάγκα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1388" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1388/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 1388 </a> (lyr.), etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἡμέραι μέλαιναι</span>, = Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dies atri</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg036:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg036:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Luc.</span> 27 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of the voice, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">indistinct</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:106a:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:106a.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Top.</span> 106a25 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001:4:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001:4.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VA</span> 4.44 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">βραχὺ καὶ μ. φώνημα</span>, of Nero, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:61:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:61.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.C.</span> 61.20 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dark, obscure, enigmatical</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἱστορίη</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 11.347 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phil.</span></span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> of character, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dark, malignant</span>, <span class="foreign greek">μ. φρήν, καρδία</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:42:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:42.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sol.</span> 42.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:123:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:123.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 123.4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. ἄνθρωποι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.12d </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἦθος</span> M. Ant.<span class="bibl"> 4.28 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> Comp. <span class="foreign greek">μελάντερος,</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">blacker, very black</span>, <span class="quote greek">τοῦ δ’ οὔ τι μελάντερον ἔπλετο ἔσθος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.94/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.94 </a> : prov. of thick darkness,[<span class="foreign greek">νέφος] μελάντερον ἠΰτε πίσσα</span> (v. <span class="foreign greek">ἠΰτε</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:277" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.277/canonical-url/"> 4.277 </a>: Sup. <span class="quote greek">μελάντατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg007.perseus-grc1:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg007.perseus-grc1:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VC</span> 14 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:580" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:580/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 580 </a>, etc.:— Comp. also <span class="quote greek">μελανώτερος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:4:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:4:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 16.4.12 </a> : Sup. <span class="quote greek">μελαινότατος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 11.68 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lucill.</span></span>), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 320.4 </span> (Thyatira). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> <span class="orth greek">μέλαινα</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">νοῦσος</span>), <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, Medic., of diseases causing black secretions (such as <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">melaena</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg023:2:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg023:2.73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Morb.</span> 2.73 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VI).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μέλαν,</span>, v. sub voc. (Cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">málam</span> \'dirt\', <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">malinás</span> \'dirty\', Lett. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">melns</span> \'black\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}