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melasma · τό
a black, livid spot, black hair-dye
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μέλ-ασμα · mel-asma — LSJ
a black or livid spot, Hp. Fract. 11 (pl.), Art. 86 (pl.), Liq. 4 (sg.).
black hair-dye, Apollod.Com. 21, Poll. 2.35, Crito ap. Gal. 12.447.
μ. γραμμοτόκον the solid ink in a pencil, AP 6.63 (Damoch.).
in pl., spots in the moon, Cleom. 2.1.
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.
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