μέλας: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> μέλᾰς <span class="bibl">Rhian.58</span>, where [[μέγας]] is corrupt for [[μέλας]]) <b class="b3">, μέλαινα, μέλᾰν</b>; gen. [[μέλᾰνος]], [[μελαίνης]], [[μέλᾰνος]], etc.; Ep. dat. [[μείλανι]] (metri gr.) <span class="bibl">Il.24.79</span>: Aeol. nom. μέλαις, from <b class="b3">*μέλανς</b>, <span class="bibl">Choerob. <span class="title">in Theod.</span> 1.123</span>, Greg.Cor.<span class="bibl">p.599</span> S., hence restored in Sapph.57:—[[black]], [[dark]]: in Hom. generally, [[dark]] in [[colour]], [[οἶνος]] <span class="bibl">Od.5.265</span>; μέλαν [[αἷμα]], [[κῦμα]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.149</span>, <span class="bibl">23.693</span>; [[γαῖα]] μέλαινα <span class="bibl">2.699</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>5.2</span>; [[ὕδωρ]] μέλαν Αἰσήποιο <span class="bibl">Il.2.825</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.4.359</span>, [[νηῦς]] μέλας, from its being [[pitch]]ed over, <span class="bibl">Il.1.300</span>, al.; of men, [[dark]], [[swarthy]], μέλανας δὲ ἀνδρικοὺς ἰδεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>474e</span>; ἰσχυρός τις ἦν, μ. <span class="bibl">D.21.71</span>; [[τὰ μέλανα]] = [[black marks]] about the ears of dogs, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>5.23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[dark]], [[murky]], [[ἕσπερος]] <span class="bibl">Od.1.423</span>; εὐφρόνα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., [[black]], [[dark]], [[θάνατος]] <span class="bibl">Il.2.834</span>, etc.; [[κήρ]] ib.<span class="bibl">859</span>, etc.; ὀδύναι <span class="bibl">4.117</span>, etc. (the origin of the metaphor is seen in the phrases θανάτου μέλαν [[νέφος]], ἄχεος [[νεφέλη]] μέλαινα, <span class="bibl">16</span>. <span class="bibl">350</span>, <span class="bibl">18.22</span>); <b class="b3">μ. τύχα, ἀρά</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>89</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>832</span> (lyr.); [[Ἐρινύς]] ib.<span class="bibl">993</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>52</span>; ἄτα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>769</span> (lyr.); [[Ἄρης]] ib.<span class="bibl">1511</span> (lyr.); Ἅιδης <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>29</span>; Ἅιδου μ. ἀνάγκα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1388</span> (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">ἡμέραι μέλαιναι</b>, = Lat. [[dies atri]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Luc.</span>27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of the voice, [[indistinct]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>106a25</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>4.44</span>; <b class="b3">βραχὺ καὶ μέλαν φώνημα</b>, of [[Nero]], <span class="bibl">D.C.61.20</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[dark]], [[obscure]], [[enigmatical]], [[ἱστορίη]] <span class="title">AP</span>11.347 (Phil.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of character, [[dark]], [[malignant]], μ. [[φρήν]], [[καρδία]], <span class="bibl">Sol.42.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>123.4</span>; μ. ἄνθρωποι Plu.2.12d; μέλαν [[ἦθος]] M. Ant.4.28. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> Comp. [[μελάντερος]], [[μελαντέρα]], [[μελάντερον]], [[blacker]], [[very black]], τοῦ δ' οὔ τι μελάντερον ἔπλετο [[ἔσθος]] <span class="bibl">Il.24.94</span>: [[proverb|prov.]] of [[thick]] [[darkness]], [[νέφος]] μελάντερον ἠΰτε [[πίσσα]] (v. [[ἠΰτε]]) <span class="bibl">4.277</span>: Sup. [[μελάντατος]] <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">VC</span>14</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>580</span>, etc.:—Comp. also μελανώτερος <span class="bibl">Str.16.4.12</span>: Sup. [[μελαινότατος]] <span class="title">AP</span>11.68 (Lucill.), <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>320.4 (Thyatira). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> μέλαινα (sc. [[νοῦσος]]), ἡ, Medic., of [[disease]]s causing [[black]] [[secretion]]s (such as [[melaena]]), <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>2.73</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> [[μέλαν]], [[τό]], v. sub voc. (Cf. Skt. málam '[[dirt]]', malinás '[[dirty]]', Lett. melns 'black'.)</span>