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λεύκη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεύκη

Structure: λευκ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: leuko/s

Sense

  1. white leprosy
  2. the white poplar

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λεύκη λεύκᾱ λεῦκαι
Genitive λεύκης λεύκαιν λευκῶν
Dative λεύκῃ λεύκαιν λεύκαις
Accusative λεύκην λεύκᾱ λεύκᾱς
Vocative λεύκη λεύκᾱ λεῦκαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἔλαβε δὲ ἑαυτῷ Ἰακὼβ ράβδον στυρακίνην χλωρὰν καὶ καρυί̈νην καὶ πλατάνου, καὶ ἐλέπισεν αὐτὰσ Ἰακὼβ λεπίσματα λευκὰ περισύρων τὸ χλωρόν. ἐφαίνετο δὲ ἐπὶ ταῖσ ράβδοισ τὸ λευκόν, ὃ ἐλέπισε, ποικίλον. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 30:37)
  • ἐὰν οὕτωσ εἴπῃ, τὰ ποικίλα ἔσται σου μισθόσ, καὶ τέξεται πάντα τὰ πρόβατα ποικίλα. ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃ, τὰ λευκὰ ἔσται σου μισθόσ, καὶ τέξεται πάντα τὰ πρόβατα λευκά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:8)
  • ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ἔστωσαν ἱμάτιά σου λευκά, καὶ ἔλαιον ἐπὶ κεφαλῆσ σου μὴ ὑστερησάτω. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 9:8)
  • τοῦ καὶ ὀδόντων μὲν πλῆτο στόμα λευκὰ θεόντων, δεινῶν ἀπλήτων, ἐπὶ δὲ βλοσυροῖο μετώπου δεινὴ Ἔρισ πεπότητο κορύσσουσα κλόνον ἀνδρῶν, σχετλίη, ἥ ῥα νόον τε καὶ ἐκ φρένασ εἵλετο φωτῶν. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 12:4)

Synonyms

  1. white leprosy

  2. the white poplar

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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