(Μελαινίς), i.e. the dark, a surname of Aphrodite, under which she was worshipped at Corinth. (Paus. 2.2.4; comp. 8.6.2, 9.17.4; Athen. 13.588.)
[L.S]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890