μελανία
From LSJ
οὐκ ἔστι λύπης, ἄν περ ὀρθῶς τις σκοπῇ, ἄλγημα μεῖζον τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώπου φύσει → amongst the natural ills of man there is, if one but look at it aright, no greater pain than grief
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (μέλας)
A blackness, opp. λευκότης, Arist.Ph.264b8, Metaph.1020b10, Str. 12.8.18, etc.; μ. τῆς μορφῆς, of negroes, Agatharch. 16; μ. οὐλῶν Dsc. 1.34; μ. ἐκ τόκου Crito ap. Gal.12.447: in pl., Hierocl.p.35 A. II black cloud, X.An.1.8.8 in pl., black spots, Plb.1.81.7. 2 black pigment, Thphr.HP5.3.1.
