blacken, make black
μελαίνω( Act. not in Hom. or Hes. ),aor. 1 inf.
A.
μελᾶναι
Arist. Mete. 371a23
:— Pass. ,pf.
μεμέλαμμαι
Antyll.
ap. Orib. 10.36.1 :aor.
ἐμελάνθην
S. Aj. 919
; Ep.
3 pl.
μελάνθησαν
Hes. Sc. 300
: (μέλας):—blacken, make black, Arist. l. c., Pr. 966b22 , Nic. Al. 472 : metaph.,μ. φράσιν use an obscureexpression, Ath. 10.451c ; μ. τὸ σαφές
D.H. Pomp. 2
:— Pass. ,μελαίνετο δὲ χρόα καλόνshehad herfair skinstained black(i.e. with blood), Il. 5.354 ; μελανθὲν αἷμα
S.
l. c., cf. Gal. 18(1).33 ; of earth just turned up, ἡ δὲ μελαίνετ' ὄπισθεν
Il. 18.548
; of ripening grapes, Hes. l. c.; of a newly-bearded chin, ib. 167 ; αἱ λευκαὶ τρίχες ἐμελαίνοντο
Pl. Plt. 270e
; of hair,to be dyed black, Ar. Ec. 736 ;μεμελαμμένοι ὀδόντεςAntyll.l.c.
2. Medic.,cause μελασμός(q. v.), Hp. Aph. 5.20 :— Pass. ,turn black, as a symptom of mortification, Id. Art. 69 , Fract. 11 .
3. metaph.,blacken, misrepresent, Simp. in Cael. 290.24 .
4.
Pass. ,receive an impression of blackness, S.E. M. 7.293 .
II. intr.,=
Pass. ,grow black, Pl. Ti. 83a , Thphr. Ign. 50 , AP 5.123 ( Phld. ), Plu. 2.517c .
