Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λευκόϊνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λευκόϊνος λευκόϊνη λευκόϊνον

Structure: λευκοϊν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. made of leuko/i+on

Examples

  • "λευκόινον δὲ κινητικὸν ὄντα κεφαλῆσ καὶ ἀμαράκινον καὶ ἅπαντασ τοὺσ καροῦν δυναμένουσ ἢ βαρύνειν ἄλλωσ κεφαλὴν περιστατέον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 1711)
  • τὸ δὲ λευκόινον καὶ εὐῶδεσ καὶ σφόδρα πεπτικόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 36 4:43)
  • Θεόφραστοσ δὲ ἐν τῷ περὶ Ὀδμῶν συντίθεσθαί φησι μύρα ἀπ’ ἀνθέων μὲν ῥόδινον καὶ λευκόινον καὶ σούσινον καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο ἐκ τῶν κρίνων, ἔτι δὲ τὸ σισύμβρινον καὶ ἑρπύλλινον, ἔτι δὲ κύπρινον καὶ κρόκινον βέλτιστον δ’ ἐν Αἰγίνῃ καὶ Κιλικίᾳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 36 4:44)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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