- Melas
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Mĕlas, ănis and ae, m., = Melas (black).I.The name of several rivers.1.A river of Bœotia, now Mavropotami, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 230; Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 3; Stat. Th. 7, 273.—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.A river of Sicily, now Nocito:4.
sacrorumque Melan pascua laeta boum,
Ov. F. 4, 476.—A river of Cappadocia, now Jochmah Su, Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 11.—5.A river of Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93.—II.A son of Phryxus, Hyg. Fab. 3.—III.One of the Etruscan seamen whom Bacchus changed into dolphins, Hyg. Fab. 134.2.mĕlas, ănos, = melas, a black spot on the skin, Cels. 5, 28, 18; cf. melania.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.