Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λευκώλενος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λευκώλενος λευκώλενον

Structure: λευκωλεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: w)le/nh

Sense

  1. white-armed

Examples

  • "κλῦτέ μευ, ἀμφίπολοι λευκώλενοι, ὄφρα τι εἴπω. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 6 22:1)
  • ἡ μὲν ἄρ’ ὣσ ἔρξασ’ ἀπεβήσετο δῖα θεάων, ἦλθον δ’ ἀμφίπολοι λευκώλενοι ἐκ μεγάροιο φθόγγῳ ἐπερχόμεναι· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 18 33:6)
  • ἦλθον δὲ δμῳαὶ λευκώλενοι ἐκ μεγάροιο. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 19 12:5)

Synonyms

  1. white-armed

Related

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

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