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
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.
- κρείττουσ δ’ οἱ λευκοὶ τῶν μελάνων καὶ πυξοειδεῖσ καὶ οἱ Μιλήσιοι τῶν λεγομένων κριῶν οἵ τε χλωροὶ τῶν ξηρῶν καὶ οἱ βεβρεγμένοι τῶν ἀβρόχων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 44 3:4)
- τῷ δὲ πρὸσ τί πωσ διαφόρουσ καὶ πλείονασ, ὡσ εἴ τισ ἐθέλοι τὴν ὁρ́ασιν ἡμῶν λευκῶν μὲν ἀντιλαμβανομένην λευκοθέαν καλεῖν, μελάνων δὲ μελανθέαν ἤ τι τοιοῦτον ἕτερον. (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 2 2:2)
- τῷ δὲ πρόσ τί πωσ διαφόρουσ καὶ πλείονασ, ὡσ εἴ τισ ἐθέλοι τὴν ὁρ́ασιν ἡμῶν λευκῶν μὲν ἀντιλαμβανομένην λευκοθέαν καλεῖν, μελάνων δὲ μελανοθέαν ἤ τι τοιοῦτον ἕτερον. (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 2 1:1)
- "τῶν δὲ μελάνων καὶ πυρρῶν οἱ μείζονεσ καὶ εὔσαρκοι εὔστομοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 40 3:3)
- τοὺσ Ἀθηναίουσ ὄντασ ἔλεγε μηδέποτε χειροτονεῖν εἰρήνην ἄνευ μελάνων ἱματίων, οὕτω καὶ ἡμεῖσ οὐδέποτε μεμνήμεθα λιτῆσ διαίτησ καὶ σώφρονοσ ἄνευ καύσεων καὶ καταπλασμάτων ἔν τε τούτοισ γιγνόμενοι πιέζομεν σφόδρα τὰσ ἁμαρτίασ, ἀντερειδόμενοι τῇ μνήμῃ καὶ καθάπερ οἱ πολλοὶ νῦν μὲν ἀέρασ νῦν δὲ χώρασ; (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 9 1:1)
Synonyms
-
dark
-
evil
-
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
