of or belonging to the island of Melos, Melian; subst. : Mēlĭnum , i, n., a kind of white color, Melian white : pigmentum, or simply Melinum, Plaut.Most. 1, 3, 106 Lorenz ad loc.; cf. Plin. 35, 6, 17, § 36; Vitr. 7, 7, 1: alumen, Plin. 35, 15, 52, § 188.