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μέλας

First/Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέλας μέλαινα μέλαν

Structure: μελαν (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: cf. ta/las, the only word like it in form

Sense

dark, black
(figuratively) evil, black, dark
(figuratively) dark, obscure
(of the voice) indistinct
(medicine) causing black secretions

Declension

First/Third declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	μέλᾱς	μέλαινα	μέλαν
	Genitive	μέλανος	μελαίνης	μέλανος
	Dative	μέλανι	μελαίνῃ	μέλανι
	Accusative	μέλανα	μέλαιναν	μέλαν
	Vocative	μέλαν	μέλαινα	μέλαν
Dual	N/A/V	μέλανε	μελαίνᾱ	μέλανε
Dual	G/D	μελάνοιν	μελαίναιν	μελάνοιν
Plural	Nominative	μέλανες	μελαίναι	μέλανα
	Genitive	μελάνων	μελαινῶν	μελάνων
	Dative	μέλᾱσιν*	μελαίναις	μέλᾱσιν*
	Accusative	μέλανας	μελαίνᾱς	μέλανα
	Vocative	μέλανες	μελαίναι	μέλανα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	μέλᾱς μέλανος	μελάντερος μελαντέρου	μελάντατος μελαντάτου
Adverb	μελάνως	μελάντερον	μελάντατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

τὰ δὲ χρώματα οὐδὲν διοίσει ὁποῖα ἂν ἔχωσιν, οὐδ̓ εἰ παντελῶσ εἰε͂ν μέλαιναι ἢ πυρραὶ ἢ λευκαί· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 6 1:1)
ἐμὲ δὲ ἤν που κρατούμενον ἴδῃσ καὶ πλείουσ ὦσιν αἱ μέλαιναι, σὺ προσθεῖσα τὴν σεαυτῆσ σῶζέ με. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 21:5)
τοῖσ μὲν γὰρ γλαυκαί, τοῖσ δὲ μέλαιναι, τοῖσ δὲ χαροποί. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 48 1:1)
"ἔσω τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἄκανθαι πεφύκασι λευκαὶ καὶ μέλαιναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 25 1:3)
"πιτυρίδεσ καλοῦνται αἱ φαυλίαι ἐλᾶαι, στεμφυλίδεσ δὲ αἱ μέλαιναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 47 2:5)

Synonyms

dark
- μελάγχιμος (black, dark)
- ἀμαυρός (dark)
- σκοτόεις (dark)
- σκότιος (dark)
- σκότιος (dark)
- σκοτεινός (dark, the darkness)
- σκοταῖος (in the dark)
- μαυρός (dark)
- σκοτώδης (dark)
- ἐρεμνός (black, swart, dark)
- κελαινός (black, swart, dark)
evil
- μελάγχιμος (black, dark)
dark
- σκοτεινός (dark, obscure)
- σκοταῖος (dark, obscure)
- σκότιος (dark, obscure)
- ψεφηνός (dark, obscure)
- ἐπίσκιος (shaded, dark, obscure)
- ἄφαντος (obscure)
- ἀλαμπής (obscure)
- ἐρεμνός (black, swart, dark)
- σκοτόεις (dark)
- σκότιος (dark)
- σκότιος (dark)
- σκοτεινός (dark, the darkness)
- σκοταῖος (in the dark)
- μαυρός (dark)
- ἀμαυρός (dark)
- σκοτώδης (dark)
- ἀτέκμαρτος (not to be guessed, obscure, baffling)
indistinct
- ἀμυδρός (indistinct, dim, obscure)

μέλαν (black pigment)
παχύς (thick)
μελάνω (to grow black)
φαιός (dusky)
κύανος (cyanus)
θρόμβος (a piece)
ὑπέρυθρος (somewhat red)
σίραιον (new wine)
στεγανός (covering so as to keep out water)
στρυφνός (rough)
καταρρέω (to flow down)
σφόνδυλος (vertebra)
χλιαρός (warm)
λιαρός (warm)
πτῑ́λον (feather)
χυτός (poured)
ἔχις (snake)
σῆψις (putrefaction)
φύρω (to mix)
εὔθρυπτος (easily broken)
λευκόϊον (white-violet)
καρφαλέος (dry)
παμφάγος (all-devouring)
χαμάδις (to the ground)
εὔπεπτος (easy of digestion)
γλουτός (the rump)
πελιδνός (livid)
χλωρός (The green of new growth)
βλοσυρός (grim)
διερῶ (to say fully)

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dark

evil

dark

indistinct

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μέλας

Sense

Declension

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dark

evil

dark

indistinct

Related

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