μέλλαξ
From LSJ
ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)
English (LSJ)
ακος, ὁ,
A = μεῖραξ, youth, lad, PMag.Par.1.343; page, CIG 4682 (Alexandria): pl. written μέλακες in Hsch.; cf. μῖλαξ. (Prob. from μέλλω, like μελλείρην, μελλέφηβος.)
