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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

  • "Λεῦκε, ἔφη, κἂν ἐκφατνίσματά τινα ἄρτων ἔχῃσ, δὸσ τοῖσ κυσίν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 99 2:6)
  • οὐ σὺ εἶ ὁ καὶ τὸν καινὸν καὶ οὐδέπω ἐν χρείᾳ γενόμενον φαινόλην εἴρηται γάρ, ὦ βέλτιστε, καὶ ὁ φαινόλησ εἰπών παῖ Λεῦκε, δόσ μοι τὸν ἄχρηστον φαινόλην εἰσ βαλανεῖον δέ ποτε πορευόμενοσ οὐκ ἔφησ πρὸσ τὸν πυνθανόμενον ’ ποῖ δή; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 52 1:6)

Synonyms

  1. bright

  2. white

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