Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μελάγγαιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελάγγαιος μελάγγαιον

Structure: μελαγγαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gai=a gh=

Sense

  1. with black soil, loamy

Examples

  • μελάγγαιόσ τε γὰρ ἐστὶ καὶ ἔπυδροσ πίδαξι, καὶ οὔτε αὐχμοῦ φροντίζουσα οὐδὲν οὔτε ὄμβρον πλέω πιοῦσα δεδήληται. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 198 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. with black soil

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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