μελάνιππος
From LSJ
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
English (LSJ)
μελάνιππον, with black horses, νύξ A.Fr.69.5 (lyr.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 119] mit schwarzen Pferden, νύξ, Aesch. frg. 64 bei Ath. XI, 469 f.
Greek Monolingual
μελάνιππος, -ον (Α)
(ποιητ. λ.) αυτός που έχει μαύρους ίππους.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μέλας, -ανος + ἵππος (πρβλ. λεύκιππος)].
Russian (Dvoretsky)
μελάνιππος: (ᾰ) мчащийся на черных конях (νύξ Aesch.).
