mĕlănĭa, ae, f., = μελανία (μέλας, Cels. 5, 28, 19),
blackness, black spots , of the skin (post-Aug.), Plin. 24, 8, 29, § 44; 26, 14, 88, § 149 Sillig. (Jan. malandrias).
MELA´NIA(Μελανία), a place on the coast of Cilicia, a little to the west of Celenderis, perhaps on t...
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