μελ-άνθιον,τό,
A. a herbwhose seeds were used as spice,black cummin, Nigella sativa, Hp. Mul. 1.74 , Steril. 230 , LXX Is. 28.27 , Dsc. 3.79 , POxy. 1088.16
(i A. D.), PMag.Par. 1.919 , Gp. 13.4.2 , al.: gen. μελανθέου
PStrassb. 102.8
(iii B. C.);μελανθείου(withv.l.μελανθείης) Nic. Th. 43 ; μελανθύου
PCair.Zen. 292.325
, cf. 20
(iii B. C.): dat. μελανθείῳ
PTeb. 69.25
(ii B. C.).