μέλαν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter substantive of μέλᾱς (mélās, “black”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mé.lan/ → /ˈme.lan/ → /ˈme.lan/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mé.lan/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme.lan/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.lan/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.lan/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈme.lan/

Noun

μέλᾰν • (mélăn) n (genitive μέλᾰνος); second declension

1. ink

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ μέλᾰν; τοῦ μέλᾰνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μέλᾰν tò mélăn	τὼ μέλᾰνε tṑ mélăne	τᾰ̀ μέλᾰνᾰ tằ mélănă
Genitive	τοῦ μέλᾰνος toû mélănos	τοῖν μελᾰ́νοιν toîn melắnoin	τῶν μελᾰ́νων tôn melắnōn
Dative	τῷ μέλᾰνῐ tôi mélănĭ	τοῖν μελᾰ́νοιν toîn melắnoin	τοῖς μέλᾰσῐ / μέλᾰσῐν toîs mélăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ μέλᾰν tò mélăn	τὼ μέλᾰνε tṑ mélăne	τᾰ̀ μέλᾰνᾰ tằ mélănă
Vocative	μέλᾰν mélăn	μέλᾰνε mélăne	μέλᾰνᾰ mélănă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μελᾰ́νῐον (melắnĭon)

Descendants

• → Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌻 (swartizl) (calque)
• → Old Georgian: მელანი (melani)
  • Georgian: მელანი (melani)

Adjective

μέλᾰν • (mélăn)

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of μέλᾱς (mélās)

References

• “μέλαν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μέλαν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G3188 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • black idem, page 80.