μελάμ-πῡγος,ον,
A. black-bottomed, considered a mark of manhood, Eub. 61 ; a name of Heracles,μ. τοῖς ἐχθροῖς a very Heraclesto them, Ar. Lys. 802 (lyr.), cf. Hdt. 7.216 : prov.,μή τευ μ. τύχηςtake care not to 'catch a Tartar', Archil. 110 .
II. of a kind of eagle, v. πύγαργος .