to be atrabilious, melancholy-mad
Ancient Greek word, found 25 times in the texts on Socratos.
Aristophanes, Birds 14: ὁ πινακοπώλης φιλοκράτης μελαγχολῶν,
Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 251b: ἀλλὰ καὶ μελαγχολᾶν.
Aristophanes, Wealth 12: μελαγχολῶντʼ ἀπέπεμψέ μου τὸν δεσπότην,
All forms of μελαγχολάω