μέλᾰν, ᾰνος, τό,
(neuter of μέλας) ink, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 276c; τὸ μ. τρίβων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.258, compare 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 5.66, etc.; μ. γραφικόν 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.69 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; used of a drawing material capable of erasure, [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 3.72. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__2 μ. Ἰνδικόν indigo, [[ Peripl.M.Rubr. 39. ] Refs]
__II iris of the eye, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 491b21. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.b cornea, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.772. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 = {αἰδοῖον}, τὸ μ. τῷ μ. συναρμόσαι [[ “PMag.Par.” 1.403. ] Refs]