Melas
From LSJ
Βίος κέκληται δ' ὡς βίᾳ πορίζεται → Vi quia paratur vita, vita dicitur → Weil's auf gewaltsamem Streben beruht, heißt's Lebensgut
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mĕlas: ănis and ae, m., = Μέλας (black).
I The name of several rivers.
1 A river of Bœotia, now Mavropotami, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 230; Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 3; Stat. Th. 7, 273.—
2 A river of Thrace, now Kavatch, Liv. 38, 40, 5; Mela, 2, 2, 8; Ov. M. 2, 274; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43.—
3 A river of Sicily, now Nocito: sacrorumque Melan pascua laeta boum, Ov. F. 4, 476.—
4 A river of Cappadocia, now Jochmah Su, Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 11.—
5 A river of Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93.—
II A son of Phryxus, Hyg. Fab. 3.—
III One of the Etruscan seamen whom Bacchus changed into dolphins, Hyg. Fab. 134.
