Note 2333 — BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES.
John Bostock translation
The Greeks called the inner part, or black-coloured heart of the oak, μέλαν δρυὸς, whence the present name. Athenæus, B. vi. speaks of the choice parts cut from the orcyni, large tunnies, which were taken in the straits of Gades.