μελάνω

• grow black, only in Il. 7.64 Ζεφύροιο ἐχεύατο πόντον ἔπι φρίξ . ., μελάνει δέ τε πόντος ὑπʼ αὐτῆς (sc. τῆς φρικός), cf. Arist. Pr. 934a15; but Aristarch. read πόντον in the second clause and took μελάνει trans., = μελαίνει (sc. Ζέφυρος), makes the sea black:—later writers use μελανέω, intr. (which implies the reading μελανεῖ δέ τε πόντος), Thphr. Ign. 50, A.R. 4.1574, Arat. 836; τὸ καλὸν μελανεῦντα Call. Epigr. 52 Pf.; μικκὴ καὶ μελανεῦσα AP 5.120 (Phld.).

[μέλας.]

To grow dark Il. 7.64.

• intr. to grow black, Il.