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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

  • ἐπὶ τὰσ κορυφὰσ τῶν ὀρέων ἐθυσίαζον καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺσ βουνοὺσ ἔθυον, ὑποκάτω δρυὸσ καὶ λεύκησ καὶ δένδρου συσκιάζοντοσ, ὅτι καλὸν σκέπη. διὰ τοῦτο ἐκπορνεύσουσιν αἱ θυγατέρεσ ὑμῶν, καὶ αἱ νύμφαι ὑμῶν μοιχεύσουσι. (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 4:13)
  • θήσω εἰσ τὴν ἄνυδρον γῆν κέδρον καὶ πύξον καὶ μυρσίνην καὶ κυπάρισσον καὶ λεύκην, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 41:19)
  • ἀλλ’ εἰσ Ἀκαδήμειαν κατιὼν ὑπὸ ταῖσ μορίαισ ἀποθρέξει στεφανωσάμενοσ καλάμῳ λευκῷ μετὰ σώφρονοσ ἡλικιώτου, μίλακοσ ὄζων καὶ ἀπραγμοσύνησ καὶ λεύκησ φυλλοβολούσησ, ἦροσ ἐν ὡρ́ᾳ χαίρων, ὁπόταν πλάτανοσ πτελέᾳ ψιθυρίζῃ. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, epirrheme 2:3)
  • ἦ γὰρ καὶ λεπταὶ πτερίδεσ καὶ παιδὸσ ἔρωτεσ λεύκῃ ἰσαιόμενοι, ἐν καὶ κρόκοσ εἰάρι μύων,16 κύπροσ τ’ ὀσμηρὸν τε σισύμβριον ὅσσα τε κοίλοισ ἄσπορα ναιομένοισι τόποισ ἀνεθρέψατο λειμὼν κάλλεα, βουφθαλμόν τε καὶ εὐῶδεσ Διὸσ ἄνθοσ, χάλκασ, σὺν δ’ ὑάκινθον ἰωνιάδασ τε χαμηλὰσ ὀρφνοτέρασ, ἃσ στύξε μετ’ ἄνθεσι Φερσεφόνεια. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 31 6:1)
  • "ἡ ἐν Κρήτῃ καλουμένη Κυπρία συκῆ φέρει τὸν καρπὸν ἐκ τοῦ στελέχουσ καὶ τῶν παχυτάτων ἀκρεμόνων, βλαστὸν δέ τινα ἀφίησι μικρὸν ἄφυλλον ὥσπερ ῥίζιον, πρὸσ ᾧ ὁ καρπόσ, τὸ δὲ στέλεχοσ μέγα καὶ παρόμοιον τῇ λεύκῃ, φύλλον δὲ τῇ πτελέᾳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 6 1:2)
  • καὶ ὄψεται ὁ ἱερεὺσ τὴν ἁφὴν ἐν δέρματι τοῦ χρωτὸσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἡ θρὶξ ἐν τῇ ἁφῇ μεταβάλῃ λευκή, καὶ ἡ ὄψισ τῆσ ἁφῆσ ταπεινὴ ἀπὸ τοῦ δέρματοσ τοῦ χρωτόσ, ἁφὴ λέπτρασ ἐστί. καὶ ὄψεται ὁ ἱερεύσ, καὶ μιανεῖ αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 13:3)
  • ἐὰν δὲ τηλαυγὴσ λευκὴ ᾖ ἐν τῷ δέρματι τοῦ χρωτὸσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ταπεινὴ μὴ ᾖ ἡ ὄψισ αὐτῆσ ἀπὸ τοῦ δέρματοσ, καὶ ἡ θρὶξ αὐτοῦ οὐ μετέβαλε τρίχα λευκήν, αὐτὴ δέ ἐστιν ἀμαυρά, καὶ ἀφοριεῖ ὁ ἱερεὺσ τὴν ἁφὴν ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 13:4)
  • καὶ ὄψεται ὁ ἱερεύσ, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐλὴ λευκὴ ἐν τῷ δέρματι, καὶ αὕτη μετέβαλε τρίχα λευκήν, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑγιοῦσ τῆσ σαρκὸσ τῆσ ζώσησ ἐν τῇ οὐλῇ, (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 13:10)
  • ἐὰν δέ ἀποκαταστῇ ὁ χρὼσ ὁ ὑγιήσ, καὶ μεταβάλῃ λευκή, καὶ ἐλεύσεται πρὸσ τὸν ἱερέα, (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 13:16)
  • καὶ γένηται ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τοῦ ἕλκουσ οὐλὴ λευκή, ἢ τηλαυγὴσ λευκαίνουσα, ἢ πυρρίζουσα, καὶ ὀφθήσεται τῷ ἱερεῖ, (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 13:19)

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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