μελανία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (μέλας) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[blackness]], opp. [[λευκότης]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>264b8</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1020b10</span>, <span class="bibl">Str. 12.8.18</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">μ. τῆς μορφῆς</b>, of negroes, <span class="bibl">Agatharch. 16</span>; μ. οὐλῶν Dsc. 1.34; μ. ἐκ τόκου Crito ap. Gal.12.447: in plural, Hierocl.p.35 A. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[black cloud]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.8.8</span> in plural, [[black spots]], <span class="bibl">Plb.1.81.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[black pigment]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>5.3.1</span>.</span>