κελαινός,ή,όν,
A. black, dark, freq. in Hom. , αἷμα
Il. 1.303
, Od. 16.441 ; νύξ
Il. 5.310
, etc.; κῦμα
9.6
; λαῖλαψ
11.747
; χθών
16.384
; δέρμα
6.117
; ἦτορ
Hes. Sc. 429
: ὄμβρος
Emp. 111.6
;κ. φῦλονaswarthyrace, of the Ethiopians, A. Pr. 808 ;Ἔπαφοςib. 851 ;ξίφη, λόγχα, S. Aj. 231 , Tr. 856 (both lyr.), cf. E. Ba. 628 (troch., prob. from the colour of the metal rather thanblack with blood-stains); of things on which the sun does not shine, esp. of the nether world,dark, murky, A. Pr. 433 (lyr.); Ἐρινύες