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λευκός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λευκός λευκή λευκόν

Structure: λευκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from Root LUK

Sense

  1. bright, shining, gleaming
  2. white
  3. pale, weakly, cowardly
  4. fair, happy, joyful

Examples

  • τὰ δὲ χρώματα οὐδὲν διοίσει ὁποῖα ἂν ἔχωσιν, οὐδ̓ εἰ παντελῶσ εἰε͂ν μέλαιναι ἢ πυρραὶ ἢ λευκαί· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 6 1:1)
  • πέλασ δὲ πῶλοι Θρῃκίων ἐξ ἁρμάτων λευκαὶ δέδενται, διαπρεπεῖσ ἐν εὐφρόνῃ· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:12)
  • "ἔσω τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἄκανθαι πεφύκασι λευκαὶ καὶ μέλαιναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 25 1:3)
  • "καὶ λευκαὶ περιστεραὶ τότε πρῶτον εἰσ Ἕλληνασ ἐφάνησαν, πρότερον οὐ γιγνόμεναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 516)
  • "αὗται Ἀφύαι ἐκαλοῦντο, ὅτι λευκαὶ καὶ λεπταὶ οὖσαι τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ μεγάλουσ εἶχον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 50 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. bright

  2. white

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