λεύκη
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
λεύκη
Structure:
λευκ
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Sense
- white leprosy
- the white poplar
Declension
First declension
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.
- δηλοῦσι δ’ αἱ καλούμεναι λεῦκαι τὴν διαφορὰν ὁμοιώσεώσ τε καὶ προσφύσεωσ, ὥσπερ τὸ γένοσ ἐκεῖνο τῶν ὑδέρων, ὅ τινεσ ὀνομάζουσιν ἀνὰ σάρκα, διορίζει σαφῶσ πρόσθεσιν προσφύσεωσ. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 116)
- μετὰ δὲ Σμύρναν αἱ Λεῦκαι πολίχνιον, ὃ ἀπέστησεν Ἀριστόνικοσ μετὰ τὴν Ἀττάλου τοῦ φιλομήτοροσ τελευτήν, δοκῶν τοῦ γένουσ εἶναι τοῦ τῶν βασιλέων καὶ διανοούμενοσ εἰσ ἑαυτὸν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἀρχήν· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 1 69:1)
- τὰ δὲ χρώματα οὐδὲν διοίσει ὁποῖα ἂν ἔχωσιν, οὐδ̓ εἰ παντελῶσ εἰε͂ν μέλαιναι ἢ πυρραὶ ἢ λευκαί· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 6 1:1)
- πέλασ δὲ πῶλοι Θρῃκίων ἐξ ἁρμάτων λευκαὶ δέδενται, διαπρεπεῖσ ἐν εὐφρόνῃ· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:12)
- "ἔσω τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἄκανθαι πεφύκασι λευκαὶ καὶ μέλαιναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 25 1:3)
- "καὶ λευκαὶ περιστεραὶ τότε πρῶτον εἰσ Ἕλληνασ ἐφάνησαν, πρότερον οὐ γιγνόμεναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 516)
- "αὗται Ἀφύαι ἐκαλοῦντο, ὅτι λευκαὶ καὶ λεπταὶ οὖσαι τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ μεγάλουσ εἶχον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 50 2:4)
Synonyms
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white leprosy
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the white poplar