Mĕlas (noun M) : Μέλας (black).
* The name of several rivers.
* A river of Boeotia, now Mavropotami, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 230; Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 3; Stat. Th. 7, 273.
* A son of Phryxus, Hyg. Fab. 3.
* One of the Etruscan seamen whom Bacchus changed into dolphins, Hyg. Fab. 134.
* A river of Cappadocia, now Jochmah Su, Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 11.
* A river of Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93.

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• Flavius Melas (Masc, eques), ref: PIR F 0319 | PIR ID6149
• Melas (Masc), ref: PIR M 0450 | PIR ID9124
• Valerius Melas (Masc, eques), ref: P. Panop. Beatty I 365, 369, 401-2 | PIR ID13898