μελαινίς,ίδος,ἡ,
A. the black, a name of Aphrodite at Corinth, Ath. 13.588c .
II. a bivalvesea-shell, used as a drinking-cup, Sophr. 101 , Herod. 1.79 ; = πελωρίς , Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2.58.97 .
III. μελαῖνις(sic)αἲξ καὶ βοῦς from Melaenae, Diosc.Gloss. ap. Gal. 19.120 .