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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 ἔγωγε ἡδέωσ ἂν παραστησάμενοσ πλησίον τῶν τε λευκῶν τινα ἐκείνων καὶ ὑπὸ σκιᾷ δεδιῃτημένων καὶ ὃν ἂν ἕλῃ τῶν ἐν τῷ Λυκείῳ γυμναζομένων, ἀποπλύνασ ^ τὴν κόνιν καὶ τὸν πηλόν, ἐροίμην ἂν σε ποτέρῳ ἂν ὅμοιοσ εὔξαιο γενέσθαι· (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 29:5)
  • τοῦτο μὲν δή σοι τὸ πρῶτον, ὦ ἑταῖρε, καὶ ἥδιστον ἐκεῖνο δεῖπνον, οὐκ ἔμοιγε τοῦ θύμου καὶ τῶν λευκῶν ἁλῶν ἥδιον ὁπηνίκα βούλομαι καὶ ὁπόσον ἐλευθέρωσ ἐσθιομένων. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 19:1)
  • ἡ μὲν σιπύη μεστή ’στι λευκῶν ἀλφίτων, οἱ δ’ ἀμφορῆσ οἴνου μέλανοσ ἀνθοσμίου. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode3)
  • οὐδὲν γὰρ ὦ πόνηροι λευκῶν ὀδόντων ἔργον ἐστ’, ἢν μή τι καὶ μασῶνται. (Aristophanes, Peace, Exodus, lyric3)
  • ἐγὼ δ’ ἐσ οἴκουσ βᾶσα βοστρύχουσ τεμῶ πέπλων τε λευκῶν μέλανασ ἀνταλλάξομαι παρῇδί τ’ ὄνυχα φόνιον ἐμβαλῶ χροόσ. (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 18:18)

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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