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|Definition=(Act. not in Hom. or Hes.), aor. 1 inf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> μελᾶναι [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''371a23:—Pass., pf. μεμέλαμμαι Antyll. ap. Orib.10.36.1: aor. ἐμελάνθην [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''919; Ep. 3pl. μελάνθησαν Hes.''Sc.''300: ([[μέλας]]):—[[blacken]], [[make black]], Arist. l. c., ''Pr.''966b22, Nic.''Al.''472: metaph., <b class="b3">μ. φράσιν</b> [[use an obscure]] expression, Ath.10.451c; μ. τὸ σαφές D.H. ''Pomp.''2:—Pass., <b class="b3">μελαίνετο δὲ χρόα καλόν</b> she [[had her]] fair skin [[stained black]] (i.e. with blood), Il.5.354; μελανθὲν αἷμα S. l. c., cf. Gal.18(1).33; of earth just turned up, ἡ δὲ μελαίνετ' ὄπισθεν Il.18.548; of ripening grapes, Hes. l. c.; of a newly-bearded chin, ib.167; αἱ λευκαὶ τρίχες ἐμελαίνοντο [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 270e; of [[hair]], to [[be dyed black]], Ar.''Ec.''736; <b class="b3">μεμελαμμένοι ὀδόντες</b> Antyll.l.c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Medic., [[cause]] [[μελασμός]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), Hp.''Aph.''5.20:—Pass., [[turn black]], as a symptom of mortification, Id.''Art.''69, ''Fract.''11.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[blacken]], [[misrepresent]], Simp. ''in Cael.''290.24.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Pass., [[receive an impression of blackness]], S.E.''M.'' 7.293.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., = Pass., [[grow black]], Pl.''Ti.''83a, [[Theophrastus]] ''Ign.''50, ''AP''5.123 (Phld.), Plu.2.517c.