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μέλᾱς G3189
Adj-AFS  |  3× in 1 sense
1. sense 1
NATURAL_WORLD Physical Events and States Darkness and Gloom
AR["أسوَدُ","سَوداءَ","سَوْدَاءَ"]·ben["কালো","কালো,","কালো।"]·DE["schwarz","μέλαιναν"]·EN["black"]·FR["noir"]·heb["שְׁחֹרָה","שָׁחֹר"]·HI["काला","काला,"]·ID["hitam","hitam,"]·IT["melainan","melas"]·jav["cemeng"]·KO["검게","검다"]·PT["negro","preto"]·RU["чёрный,","чёрным"]·ES["negro"]·SW["jeusi","mweusi,","nyeusi"]·TR["siyah"]·urd["کالا"]

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BDB / Lexicon Reference
μέλᾱς (μέλᾰς Refs 3rd c.BC+; genitive μέλᾰνος, μελαίνης, μέλᾰνος, etc.; Epic dialect dative μείλανι (for the sake of meter) Refs 8th c.BC+: Aeolic dialect nominative μέλαις, from *μέλανς, Refs 7th c.BC+:—black, dark: in Refs 8th c.BC+ generally, dark in colour, οἶνος Refs 8th c.BC+; μέλαν αἷμα, κῦμα, Refs 8th c.BC+, from its being pitched over, Refs 8th c.BC+; of men, dark, swarthy, μέλανας δὲ