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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

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

  • 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

  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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