μελάγχιμος
From LSJ
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
English (LSJ)
ον, poet. for μέλας,
A black, dark, γυῖα, στρατός, A. Supp.719,745 (lyr.); φάρη Id.Ch.11; πέπλοι, οἶς, E.Ph.372, El.513; νύξ A.Pers.301; τὰ μ. dark spots in snow, X.Cyn.8.1, cf. Poll.5.66.— For the form cf. δύσχιμος.
German (Pape)
[Seite 117] (vgl. δύσχιμος), schwarz; λευκον ἦμαρ νυκτὸς ἐκ μελαγχίμου, Aesch. Pers. 293, φάρεα, Ch. 11, γυῖα, Suppl. 700; πέπλος, Eur. Phoen. 375, γαίας πέδον, Rhes. 962; τὰ μελάγχιμα, = Vor., Poll. 5, 66.
