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Mĕlas , ănis and ae, m., = Μέλας (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: “sacrorumque Melan pascua laeta boum,” Ov. F. 4, 476.—
4. 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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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