- μελαίνω
- μελαίνω ([voice] Act. not in Hom. or Hes.), [tense] aor. 1 inf.A
μελᾶναι Arist. Mete.371a23
:—[voice] Pass., [tense] pf.μεμέλαμμαι Antyll.
ap. Orib.10.36.1: [tense] aor.ἐμελάνθην S.Aj.919
; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3pl.μελάνθησαν Hes.Sc.300
: ([etym.] μέλας):— blacken, make black, Arist. l. c., Pr.966b22, Nic.Al.472: metaph., μ. φράσιν use an obscure expression, Ath.10.451c;μ. τὸ σαφές D.H. Pomp.2
:—[voice] Pass., μελαίνετο δὲ χρόα καλόν she had her fair skin stained black (i.e. with blood), Il.5.354;μελανθὲν αἷμα S.
l. c., cf. Gal.18(1).33; of earth just turned up,ἡ δὲ μελαίνετ' ὄπισθεν Il.18.548
; of ripening grapes, Hes. l. c.; of a newly-bearded chin, ib.167;αἱ λευκαὶ τρίχες ἐμελαίνοντο Pl.Plt.270e
; of hair, to be dyed black, Ar.Ec.736; μεμελαμμένοι ὀδόντες Antyll.l.c.2 Medic., cause μελασμός (q. v.), Hp.Aph.5.20:—[voice] Pass., turn black, as a symptom of mortification, Id.Art.69, Fract.11.3 metaph., blacken, misrepresent, Simp. in Cael.290.24.4 [voice] Pass., receive an impression of blackness, S.E.M. 7.293.II intr., = [voice] Pass., grow black, Pl.Ti.83a, Thphr.Ign.50, AP5.123 (Phld.), Plu.2.517c.
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