Lewis & Short

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1. Mĕlas, ănis and ae, m., = Μέλας (black).

  1. I. The name of several rivers.
      1. 1. A river of Bœotia, now Mavropotami, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 230; Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 3; Stat. Th. 7, 273.
      2. 2. A river of Thrace, now Kavatch, Liv. 38, 40, 5; Mela, 2, 2, 8; Ov. M. 2, 274; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43.
      3. 3. A river of Sicily, now Nocito: sacrorumque Melan pascua laeta boum, Ov. F. 4, 476.
      4. 4. A river of Cappadocia, now Jochmah Su, Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 11.
      5. 5. A river of Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93.
  2. II. A son of Phryxus, Hyg. Fab. 3.
  3. III. One of the Etruscan seamen whom Bacchus changed into dolphins, Hyg. Fab. 134.

† 2. mĕlas, ănos, = μέλας, a black spot on the skin, Cels. 5, 28, 18; cf. melania.