μελάμπυγος
From LSJ
| Full diacritics: μελάμπῡγος | Medium diacritics: μελάμπυγος | Low diacritics: μελάμπυγος | Capitals: ΜΕΛΑΜΠΥΓΟΣ |
| Transliteration A: melámpygos | Transliteration B: melampygos | Transliteration C: melampygos | Beta Code: mela/mpugos |
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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.
