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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

  • 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)
  • καὶ ὄψεται ὁ ἱερεύσ, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ ὄψισ ταπεινοτέρα τοῦ δέρματοσ, καὶ ἡ θρὶξ αὐτῆσ μετέβαλεν εἰσ λευκήν, καὶ μιανεῖ αὐτὸν ὁ ἱερεύσ, ὅτι λέπρα ἐστίν, ἐν τῷ ἕλκει ἐξήνθησεν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 13:20)
  • ταῦτά σοι, ὦ ἑταῖρε, καίτοι ἐν μυρίαισ ταῖσ ἀσχολίαισ ὢν ὅμωσ ἀπελογησάμην, οὐκ ἐν παρέργῳ θέμενοσ τὴν λευκὴν παρὰ σοῦ καὶ πλήρη μοι ἐνεχθῆναι· (Lucian, Apologia 34:4)
  • οἱ μέν γε τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων βασιλεῖσ, τῶν ἄλλων ἑκάστου μίαν ψῆφον φερόντων, ἐκεῖνοι μόνοι ἑκάτεροσ αὐτῶν δύο ἔφερον, σὺ δὲ καὶ τὰσ τῶν ἐφόρων καὶ τὰσ τῶν γερόντων προσέτι, καὶ ὅλωσ ἁπάντων ὁ πολυψηφότατοσ ἐν παιδείᾳ σύ γε, καὶ μάλιστα ὅσῳ τὴν λευκὴν ἀεὶ καὶ σώζουσαν φέρεισ, ὃ καὶ θαρρεῖν με ἐν τῷ παρόντι ποιεῖ διά γε τὸ μέγεθοσ τοῦ τολμήματοσ καὶ πάνυ δικαίωσ ἂν φοβηθέντα. (Lucian, Harmonides 8:5)
  • θήσω εἰσ τὴν ἄνυδρον γῆν κέδρον καὶ πύξον καὶ μυρσίνην καὶ κυπάρισσον καὶ λεύκην, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 41:19)

Synonyms

  1. bright

  2. white

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