Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

μελανόμματος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελανόμματος μελανόμματον

Structure: μελανομματ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)/mma

Sense

  1. black-eyed

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ φύσισ ποιούσ τινασ ποιεῖ, καὶ εὐθὺσ ἐκ γενετῆσ διαφέρουσιν, ὥσπερ οἳ μὲν γλαυκοὶ οἳ δὲ μελανόμματοι τῷ τὸ δεῖν τοιονδὶ <κατὰ τὸ εἶναι τοιονδὶ> ἔχειν, οὕτω καὶ οἱ εὐτυχεῖσ καὶ ἀτυχεῖσ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 8 18:4)

Synonyms

  1. black-eyed

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

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