μελάγ-χλαινος · melag-chlainos — LSJ
black-cloaked
black-cloaked, Mosch. 3.27 (glossed by διαυγής, Hsch.).
II
οἱ M., as pr. n. of a Scythian tribe, Hdt. 4.20, etc.
The corpus record
μελάγ-χλαινος
melagchlainos
black-cloaked
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Where it lives
- Histories 9 · 0.49/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- Μελαγχλαίνων · Melanchlainōn Herodotus, Histories 4.100.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4709)
- Μελαγχλαίνους · Melanchlainous Herodotus, Histories 4.101.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4712)
- Μελαγχλαίνων · Melanchlainōn Herodotus, Histories 4.102.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4718)
- μελάγχλαινοι · melanchlainoi Herodotus, Histories 4.107.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4738)
- Μελαγχλαίνων · Melanchlainōn Herodotus, Histories 4.119.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4814)
- Μελαγχλαίνων · Melanchlainōn Herodotus, Histories 4.125.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4845)
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Where it came from
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