place · explicit · wikidata: Q17478712 · seeded_headword_alignment
Etymologies
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Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic
No explicit origin is given. The passage records: 'Melaines: a deme of the phyle Antiochis. Callimachus, however, calls the deme (or gives the form) Μελαινᾶς in Hecale. The demotic is likewise Μελαινεύς. The feminine is Μελαινής. The local (topical) forms from Μελαινέων to Μελαινέων / ἐν Μελαινέων.' This is a morphological/lexical description of forms, not an etymology deriving the name from a person, place, or non‑Greek source.