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.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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