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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

  • καὶ πρώτη γε ἀποδύσομαι, ὅπωσ μάθῃσ ὅτι μὴ μόνασ ἔχω τὰσ ὠλένασ λευκὰσ μηδὲ τῷ βοῶπισ εἶναι μέγα φρονῶ, ἐπ’ ἴσησ δέ εἰμι πᾶσα καὶ ὁμοίωσ καλή. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 10:2)
  • καὶ λαβὼν μόσχου πόδα, λευκὰσ ἐγύμνου σάρκασ ἐκτείνων χέρα· (Euripides, episode 4:2)
  • ἠπίστατο γὰρ μυσαχθησόμενόν σε τὰσ αὐτῆσ λεύκασ. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 3:9)
  • ἦν, πορφυροῦν μὲν μεσόλευκον χιτῶνα ἐνδεδυκώσ, χλαμύδα δὲ ἐφεστρίδα περιβεβλημένοσ πολυτελῆ καὶ ὑποδούμενοσ λευκὰσ Λακωνικάσ, στέφανον δάφνησ χρυσοῦν ἐστεμμένοσ, καὶ διανέμων τὰ τῶν πλουσίων τοῖσ πένησι, πολλοὺσ φονεύων τῶν οὐ διδόντων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 54 1:1)
  • καὶ Κροτωνιᾶται δ’, ὥσ φησι Τίμαιοσ, μετὰ τὸ ἐξελεῖν Συβαρίτασ ἐξώκειλαν εἰσ τρυφὴν ὥστε καὶ τὸν ἄρχοντα αὐτῶν περιιέναι κατὰ τὴν πόλιν ἁλουργίδα ἠμφιεσμένον καὶ ἐστεφανωμένον χρυσῷ στεφάνῳ, ὑποδεδεμένον λευκὰσ κρηπῖδασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 20 1:11)

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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