μή + λάω1
Validation
Yes
Word-lemma
Word-form
μέλαν
Transliteration (Word)
melas
Transliteration (Etymon)
mē + laō1
Century
5 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etymologicum, mu, p. 105
Ed.
F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820
Quotation
Μέλαν. παρὰ τὸ μὴ, καὶ τὸ λάον, τὸ μὴ βλέπον, ἢ τὸ μὴ βλεπόμενον. λάειν γὰρ τὸ [μὴ] βλέπειν. ὅθεν <ἀ>λαὸς ὁ τυφλός
