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λευκόϊον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: λευκόϊον λευκόϊου

Structure: λευκοϊ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. white-violet
  2. the wall-flower
  3. the snow-flake

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λευκόϊον λευκοί̈ω λευκόϊα
Genitive λευκοί̈ου λευκοί̈οιν λευκοί̈ων
Dative λευκοί̈ῳ λευκοί̈οιν λευκοί̈οις
Accusative λευκόϊον λευκοί̈ω λευκόϊα
Vocative λευκόϊον λευκοί̈ω λευκόϊα

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

  • "ῥόδα μὲν γὰρ αὐτόθι καὶ λευκόια καὶ ἀσπάραγοι καὶ τὰ παραπλήσια τούτοισ οὐ πλεῖον διαλείπει μηνῶν τριῶν, τὸ δὲ θαλάττιον ὄψον καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθοσ καὶ κατὰ τὴν χρηστότητα καὶ κατὰ τὸ κάλλοσ μεγάλην ἔχει διαφορὰν πρὸσ τὸ γινόμενον ἐν τῇ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ θαλάττῃ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8 1:1)
  • τοῖσ δ’ ἅμα Μούσησ καὶ σφετέρησ ἔτι που πρώιμα λευκόια. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 4, chapter 1 11:1)

Synonyms

  1. white-violet

  2. the wall-flower

  3. the snow-flake

Related

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

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