μελαινίς
ίδος, ἡ
A.
the black, a name of Aphrodite at Corinth, Ath. 13.588c.
II.
a bivalve sea-shell, used as a drinking-cup, Sophr. 101, Herod. 1.79; = πελωρίς, Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2.58.97.
III.
μελαῖνις (sic) αἲξ καὶ βοῦς from Melaenae, Diosc.Gloss. ap. Gal. 19.120.