black

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

P. and V. μέλας, V. κελαινός, ἐρεμνός, μελάγχιμος; see dark.

Met., of crime, etc.: P. and V. αἰσχρός, Ar. and V. μυσαρός.

of looks: P. and V. σκυθρωπός, V. στυγνός.

black and deep: V. μελαμβαθής.

black eye: P. and V. ὑπώπιον, τό (Eur., Fragment (Satyrical poem)).

having black eye: Ar.: ὑπωπιασμένος; see under eye.

black with leaves: Ar. and V. μελάμφυλλος.

verb transitive

black a person's eye: P. τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς συνκλῄειν (Dem. 1259).

black shoes: Ar. ἐμβάδια περικωνεῖν.

substantive

colour: P. μέλαν, τό.

negro: use P. μέλας ἄνθρωπος; see negro.