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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

  • 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

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