Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μελάμβωλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελάμβωλος μελάμβωλον

Structure: μελαμβωλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with black soil

Examples

  • Αἰγύπτου μεδέουσα μελαμβώλου, λινόπεπλε δαῖμον, ἐπ’ εὐϊέρουσ βῆθι θυηπολίασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2311)

Synonyms

  1. with black soil

Similar forms

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

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