μελανία

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.