The corpus record

μελ-ασμός

melasmos · ὁ

blackening

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What it meant

μελ-ασμός · mel-asmos — LSJ

blackening

blackening of flesh from mortification, Hp. Aph. 5.17 (pl.).

2 dyeing black

dyeing black, μελασμοὶ τριχῶν Dsc. 1.112, Gal. 12.446.

II black spot

black spot, Plu. Fac.lun. 2.921f (pl.), Simp. in Ph. 1294.20; on snakes, Plu. Vind. 2.564d.

Where it came from

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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