μέλαν
From LSJ
ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σκιὰ μόνον → human being is only a breath and a shadow, man is but a breath and a shadow
English (LSJ)
ᾰνος, τό, (neut. of μέλας)
A ink, Pl.Phdr.276c; τὸ μ. τρίβων D.18.258, cf. Herod.5.66, etc.; μ. γραφικόν Dsc.1.69; used of a drawing material capable of erasure, Procl.Hyp.3.72. 2 μ. Ἰνδικόν indigo, Peripl.M.Rubr.39. II iris of the eye, Arist. HA491b21. b cornea, Gal.14.772. 2 = αἰδοῖον, τὸ μ. τῷ μ. συναρμόσαι PMag.Par.1.403.
German (Pape)
[Seite 119] τό, das Schwarze, s. μέλας. Als subst. bes. die Tinte, Leon. Al. 25 (IX, 350); Plut. u. A.
