μελασμός

A. blackening of flesh from mortification, Hp. Aph. 5.17 (pl.).
2. dyeing black, μελασμοὶ τριχῶν Dsc. 1.112, Gal. 12.446.
II. black spot, Plu. 2.921f (pl.), Simp. in Ph. 1294.20; on snakes, Plu. 2.564d.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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