μελανία

A. blackness, opp. λευκότης, Arist. Ph. 264b8, Metaph. 1020b10, Str. 12.8.18, etc.; μ. τῆς μορφῆς, of negroes, Agatharch. 16; μ. οὐλῶν Dsc. 1.34; μ. ἐκ τόκου Crito ap. Gal. 12.447: in pl., Hierocl.p.35 A.

II. black cloud, X. An. 1.8.8 in pl., black spots, Plb. 1.81.7.

2. black pigment, Thphr. HP 5.3.1.