μελαίνω · melainō — LSJ
blacken, make black
The corpus record
μελαίνω
melaino
blacken, make black
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Distribution
- Shield of Heracles 2 · 6.18/10k
- De aere aquis et locis 1 · 1.35/10k
- Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k
- Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
- Timaeus 2 · 0.85/10k
- Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
- Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
- Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k
Senses
Attestations
- μελαίνετο · melaineto Iliad 5.354
- μελαίνετʼ · melainetʼ Iliad 18.548
- μελάνθησαν · melanthēsan Shield of Heracles 167
- μελάνθησάν · melanthēsan Shield of Heracles 300
- μελανθέν · melanthen Plato, Timaeus 59 (DIORISIS sentence 521)
- μελαίνει · melainei Plato, Timaeus 83 (DIORISIS sentence 794)
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