μέλαν

ανος, τό
A. ink, Pl. Phdr. 276c; τὸ μ. τρίβων D. 18.258, cf. Herod. 5.66, etc.; μ. γραφικόν Dsc. 1.69; used of a drawing material capable of erasure, Procl. Hyp. 3.72.
2. μ. Ἰνδικόν indigo, Peripl.M.Rubr. 39.
II. iris of the eye, Arist. HA 491b21.
b. cornea, Gal. 14.772.
2. = αἰδοῖον, τὸ μ. τῷ μ. συναρμόσαι PMag.Par. 1.403.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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