μέλανσις

Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.

Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 1280-4

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Full diacritics: μέλανσις	Medium diacritics: μέλανσις	Low diacritics: μέλανσις	Capitals: ΜΕΛΑΝΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: mélansis	Transliteration B: melansis	Transliteration C: melansis	Beta Code: me/lansis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

A a becoming black, opp. λεύκανσις Arist.Ph.227b8, 230a23. 2 dyeing black, τριχῶν Alex. Trall.1.3.

[Seite 120] ἡ, das Schwarzwerden, Ggstz λεύκανσις, Arist. physic. 5, 6, 5.

μέλανσις: ἡ, «μαύρισμα», ἐν ἀντιθέσει πρὸς τὸ λεύκανσις, Ἀριστ. Φυσ. 5. 6, 5.

μέλανσις: εως ἡ почернение Arst.