μελαινίς
τὸ ἀγαθὸν αἱρετόν· τὸ δ' αἱρετὸν ἀρεστόν· τὸ δ' ἀρεστὸν ἐπαινετόν· τὸ δ' ἐπαινετὸν καλόν → what is good is chosen, what is chosen is approved, what is approved is admired, what is admired is beautiful
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.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μελαινίς: -ίδος, ἡ, ἡ μέλαινα, ὄνομα τῆς Ἀφροδίτης ἐν Κορίνθῳ, Ἀθήν. 588C. ΙΙ. εἶδος θαλλασίων κογχῶν, διαφερουσῶν κατὰ τὸ χρῶμα μόνον τῶν πελωρίδων, Σώφρων παρ’ Ἀθην. 86Α· ― Ἴδε σημ. Κοραῆ εἰς Ξενοκρ. σ. 145.
