μελασμός
From LSJ
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A blackening of flesh from mortification, Hp.Aph. 5.17 (pl.). 2 dyeing black, μελασμοὶ τριχῶν Dsc.1.112, Gal.12.446. II black spot, Plu.2.921f (pl.), Simp.in Ph.1294.20; on snakes, Plu.2.564d.
German (Pape)
[Seite 121] ὁ, das Schwärzen, im plur. schwarze Flecken, Plut. tac. orb. lun. 5.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μελασμός: ὁ, «μαύρισμα», τῶν τριχῶν Διοσκ. 1. 155· ἰδίως «μελάνιασμα» ἐκ νεκρώσεως, Ἱππ. Ἀφ. 1253. ΙΙ. μελανὸν στίγμα, Πλουτ. 2. 921F.
