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melas

melas · m

The name of several rivers

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De Medicina 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

1. Mĕlas — Lewis & Short

Mĕlas, ănis and ae, m., = *me/las (black).

I The name of several rivers.

1 A river of Bœotia, now Mavropotami, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 230; Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 3; Stat. Th. 7, 273.—

2 A river of Thrace, now Kavatch, Liv. 38, 40, 5; Mela, 2, 2, 8; Ov. M. 2, 274; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43.—

3 A river of Sicily, now Nocito: sacrorumque Melan pascua laeta boum, Ov. F. 4, 476.—

4 A river of Cappadocia, now Jochmah Su, Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 11.—

5 A river of Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93.—

II A son of Phryxus, Hyg. Fab. 3.—

III One of the Etruscan seamen whom Bacchus changed into dolphins, Hyg. Fab. 134.

2. mĕlas — Lewis & Short

mĕlas, ănos, = me/las,

I a black spot on the skin, Cels. 5, 28, 18; cf. melania.

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