Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μελάγχλαινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελάγχλαινος μελάγχλαινον

Structure: μελαγχλαιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. black-cloaked

Examples

  • καὶ τὸ ἀπὸ θαλάσσησ ἐσ μεσόγαιαν ἐσ τοὺσ Μελαγχλαίνουσ τοὺσ κατύπερθε Σκυψέων οἰκημένουσ εἴκοσι ἡμερέων ὁδὸσ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 101 2:2)

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

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