Mĕlanthus, i, m., = Μέλανθος.
I A river in Sarmatia , Ov. P. 4, 10, 54.—
II One of the seamen whom Bacchus changed into dolphins , Ov. M. 3, 617.—
III The father of the Athenian king Codrus , Vell. 1, 2, 1.— Hence, Mĕlanthēus (quadrisyl.), a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Melanthus : caedes, Ov. Ib. 625.