μελάμφυλλος
From LSJ
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
English (LSJ)
ον,
A dark-leaved, δάφνα Anacr. 78 (= 92 Diehl, perh. pr. n.); δάφναι Theoc.Ep.1.3; κισσός D.P.573; of places, dark with leaves, Αἴτνας κορυφαί Pi.P.1.27; γῆ S.OC 482; ὄρη Ar.Th.997 (lyr.). II as Subst. μελάμφυλλον, τό, = ἄκανθος, Dsc.3.17, Gal.11.818.
German (Pape)
[Seite 118] schwarzblätterig, mit dunklem Laube, dichtbelaubt, Αἴτνας μελαμφύλλοις κορυφαῖς, Pind. P. 1, 27; γῆ, Soph. O. C. 483, schattig; ὄρη, Ar. Th. 997; sp. D., wie D. Per. 573; – τὸ μελάμφυλλον, eine Pflanze, Bärenklau, Diosc.
