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|Definition=(Act. not in Hom. or Hes.), aor. 1 inf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> μελᾶναι <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Mete.</span>371a23</span>:—Pass., pf. μεμέλαμμαι Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.10.36.1</span>: aor. ἐμελάνθην <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>919</span>; Ep. 3pl. μελάνθησαν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>300</span>: (μέλας):— [[blacken]], [[make black]], Arist. l. c., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>966b22</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>472</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">μ. φράσιν</b> <b class="b2">use an obscure</b> expression, <span class="bibl">Ath.10.451c</span>; μ. τὸ σαφές <span class="bibl">D.H. <span class="title">Pomp.</span>2</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">μελαίνετο δὲ χρόα καλόν</b> she <b class="b2">had her</b> fair skin <b class="b2">stained black</b> (i.e. with blood), <span class="bibl">Il.5.354</span>; μελανθὲν αἷμα S. l. c., cf. Gal.18(1).33; of earth just turned up, ἡ δὲ μελαίνετ' ὄπισθεν <span class="bibl">Il.18.548</span>; of ripening grapes, Hes. l. c.; of a newly-bearded chin, ib.167; αἱ λευκαὶ τρίχες ἐμελαίνοντο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>270e</span>; of hair, [[to be dyed black]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>736</span>; <b class="b3">μεμελαμμένοι ὀδόντες</b> Antyll.l.c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Medic., [[cause]] <b class="b3">μελασμός</b> (q. v.), <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>5.20</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">turn black</b>, as a symptom of mortification, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Art.</span>69</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fract.</span>11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[blacken]], [[misrepresent]], <span class="bibl">Simp. <span class="title">in Cael.</span>290.24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Pass., <b class="b2">receive an impression of blackness</b>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span> 7.293</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr., = Pass., <b class="b2">grow black</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>83a</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Ign.</span>50</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>5.123 (Phld.), Plu.2.517c.</span>