black
From LSJ
καὶ κεραμεὺς κεραμεῖ κοτέει καὶ τέκτονι τέκτων, καὶ πτωχὸς πτωχῷ φθονέει καὶ ἀοιδὸς ἀοιδῷ → and potter is ill-disposed to potter, and carpenter to carpenter, and the beggar is envious of the beggar, the singer of the singer
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 (Euripides, 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
negro: use P. μέλας ἄνθρωπος; see negro.
