rabenschwarz

From LSJ

οἵ γε καὶ ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἀντιπάλως μᾶλλον ἢ ὑποδεεστέρως τῷ ναυτικῷ ἀνθώρμουν → whose navy, even as it was, faced the Athenian more as an equal than as an inferior

Source

German > Latin

rabenschwarz, nigertamquam corvus (schwarz wie ein Rabe, von leb. Wesen). – nigerrimus. perniger (übh. sehr-, glänzend schwarz).