μελαινίς

English (LSJ)

ίδος, ἡ,

   A the black, a name of Aphrodite at Corinth, Ath. 13.588c.    II a bivalve sea-shell, used as a drinking-cup, Sophr. 101, Herod.1.79; = πελωρίς, Xenocr. ap. Orib.2.58.97.    III μελαῖνις (sic) αἲξ καὶ βοῦς from Melaenae, Diosc.Gloss. ap. Gal.19.120.

German (Pape)

[Seite 118] ίδος, ἡ, die schwarze, nächtliche, Beiwort der Aphrodite in Korinth, Ath. XIII, 588 b.