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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

  1. dark, black
  2. (figuratively) evil, black, dark
  3. (figuratively) dark, obscure
  4. (of the voice) indistinct
  5. (medicine) causing black secretions

Examples

  • "’ καθάπερ τινὲσ τὰσ λευκὰσ ὄρνιθασ τῶν μελαινῶν ἡδίουσ εἶναι μᾶλλον̓, ἀλεκτρυόνασ δὲ καὶ ἀλεκτοριδέασ τοὺσ ἄρρενασ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 14 5:4)
  • οὐκ ἰσχάδασ οἴσεισ τῶν μελαινῶν; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 67 5:6)
  • ἐκ δὲ Μελαινῶν ἢ Μελανιῶν τῆσ Κιλικίασ τῶν πρὸσ Κελένδεριν ἐπὶ μὲν τὰ μεθόρια τῆσ Κιλικίασ καὶ Συρίασ χιλίουσ καὶ ἐνακοσίουσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 2 66:3)

Synonyms

  1. dark

  2. evil

  3. dark

  4. indistinct

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