Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

μελάνυδρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελάνυδρος μελάνυδρον

Structure: μελανυδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with black water, which looks black

Examples

  • αἱ μὲν ἐείκοσι βῆσαν ἐπὶ κρήνην μελάνυδρον, αἱ δ’ αὐτοῦ κατὰ δώματ’ ἐπισταμένωσ πονέοντο. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 20 23:2)

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

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