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μέλας?

First/Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration: melas

Principal Part: μέλας μέλαινα μέλαν

Structure: μελαν (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: cf. τάλας, 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

  • νῦν γὰρ ὁμοίως ἔχομεν ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ καὶ ὑγίειαν, ὅτι ἡ ἀρίστη διάθεσις τοῦ σώματος, καὶ Κορίσκος ὁ τῶν ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ μελάντατος: (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 37:2)

Synonyms

  1. dark

  2. evil

  3. dark

  4. indistinct

Related

명사

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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