Perseus analyses of μέλαιναν:

μέλαινα: fem acc sg
μέλας (black, dark): fem acc sg

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μέλαινα

μέλαινα, ἡ,

A. v. μέλας.

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μέλᾱς

μέλας (μέλᾰς Rhian. 58, where μέγας is corrupt for μέλας) , μέλαινα, μέλᾰν; gen. μέλᾰνος, μελαίνης, μέλᾰνος, etc.; Ep. dat. μείλανι (metri gr.) Il. 24.79: Aeol. nom. μέλαις, from *μέλανς, Choerob. in Theod. 1.123, Greg.Cor.p.599 S., hence restored in Sapph. 57:—

A. black, dark: in Hom. generally, dark in colour, οἶνος Od. 5.265; μέλαν αἷμα, κῦμα, Il. 4.149, 23.693; γαῖα μέλαινα 2.699, cf. Sapph. Supp. 5.2; ὕδωρ μέλαν Αἰσήποιο Il. 2.825, cf. Od. 4.359, νηῦς μ., from its being pitched over, Il. 1.300, al.; of men, dark, swarthy, μέλανας δὲ ἀνδρικοὺς ἰδεῖν Pl. R. 474e; ἰσχυρός τις ἦν, μ. D. 21.71; τὰ μ. black marks about the ears of dogs, X. Cyn. 5.23.

II. dark, murky, ἕσπερος Od. 1.423; εὐφρόνα Pi. N. 7.3.

2. of the voice, indistinct, Arist. Top. 106a25, Philostr. VA 4.44; βραχὺ καὶ μ. φώνημα, of Nero, D.C. 61.20.

3. dark, obscure, enigmatical, ἱστορίη AP 11.347 (Phil.).

4. of character, dark, malignant, μ. φρήν, καρδία, Sol. 42.4, Pi. Fr. 123.4; μ. ἄνθρωποι Plu. 2.12d; μ. ἦθος M. Ant.4.28.

V. μέλαινα (sc. νοῦσος), ἡ, Medic., of diseases causing black secretions (such as melaena), Hp. Morb. 2.73.

VI. μέλαν, τό, v. sub voc. (Cf. Skt. málam ‘dirt’, malinás ‘dirty’, Lett. melns ‘black’.)