The corpus record

μελᾰν-ία

melania1 · ἡ

blackness, black cloud, black spots

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Where it lives

Categories 8 · 7.96/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Metaphysics 4 · 0.51/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

μελᾰν-ία · melan-ia — LSJ

blackness

blackness, opp. λευκότης, Arist. Ph. 264b8, Metaph. 1020b10, Str. 12.8.18, etc.; μ. τῆς μορφῆς, of negroes, Agatharch. 16; μ. οὐλῶν Dsc. 1.34; μ. ἐκ τόκου Crito ap. Gal. 12.447: in pl., Hierocl. p.35 A.

II black cloud, black spots

black cloud, X. An. 1.8.8 in pl., black spots, Plb. 1.81.7.

2 black pigment

black pigment, Thphr. HP 5.3.1.

In the wild

μελανία · melania Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 148)
μελανία · melania Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 151)
μελανία · melania Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 153)
μελανία · melania Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 153)
μελανίαι · melaniai Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 168)
μελανία · melania Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 223)

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