- μέλαν
- μέλᾶς, μέλαινα, μέλαν, dat. μείλανι, comp. μελάντερος: dark, black, in the general and extensive meaning of these words, opp. λευκός, Il. 3.103; said of dust, steel, blood, wine, water, grapes, ships, clouds, evening, night, death.—As subst., μέλαν δρυός, i. e. the ‘heart-wood,’ which is always the darkest, Od. 14.12.
A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό). 2010.