4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of λευκά:
λευκάς (mountain deadnettle, Lamium maculatum): fem voc sg
λευκόν (white): neut nom/voc/acc pl
λευκός (light, bright, clear): neut nom/voc/acc pl
λευκᾱ,λευκός (light, bright, clear): fem nom/voc/acc dual
λευκᾱ,λευκός (light, bright, clear): fem nom/voc sg (doric aeolic)
LSJ entries
λευκάς
λευκάς
,
άδος
,
fem.
of
λευκός
:
Λ.
πέτρη
as
pr.n.
of
mythical
and
real
promontories,
Od. 24.11
,
Anacr. 19
,
cf.
E. Cyc. 166
;
Λ.
alone,
Th. 1.30
,
etc.
II.
λ.
ὀρεινή
mountain
deadnettle,
Lamium
maculatum
,
Dsc.
3.99;
λ.
ἥμερος
dead-nettle,
L.
Moschatum
,
ibid.
2.
epith.
of
ἤρυγγος
,
white
,
Nic. Th. 849
.
λευκόν
λευκόν
,
τό
,
A.
white
,
as
a
colour,
τὸ
λ.
οἶδεν
knows
white
from
black,
Ar. Eq. 1279
;
opp.
μέλαν
,
Pl. Prt. 331d
.
2.
a
white
dress
,
λευκὸν
ἀμπέχει
are
dressed
in
white
,
Ar. Ach. 1024
;
ἠμφιεσμένη
λευκά
Id. Th. 840
.
3.
white
of
egg
,
Hp. Nat.Mul. 32
,
Arist. GA 753a35
,
Dsc.
2.50.
4.
τὰ
λ.
the
whites
of
the
eyes
,
Hp. Prog. 2
,
Alex. 222.9
,
cf.
Arist. HA 492a1
.
5.
τὰ
λ.
the
menstrua
alba
of
young
girls,
Id. GA 738a26
,
HA 581b2
;
more
generally,
Hp. Prorrh. 1.80
,
Epid. 4.22
.
6.
of
a
white
formation
in
testaceans,
Arist. HA 529a3
.
λευκός
λευκός
,
ή
,
όν
,
A.
light,
bright,
clear
(opp.
μέλας
in
all
senses),
αἴγλη
Od. 6.45
;
λευκὸν
(v.l.
λαμπρόν)
.
.
ἠέλιος
ὥς
Il. 14.185
;
λ.
φάος
S. Aj. 708
(lyr.),
cf.
infr.
II.3;
αἰθήρ
E. Andr. 1228
(anap.);
of
metallic
surfaces,
λέβης
Il. 23.268
;
λ.
γαλήνη
a
glassy
calm,
Od. 10.94
;
of
water,
clear,
limpid
,
Il. 23.282
,
Od. 5.70
,
A. Supp. 23
(anap.);
λ.
νᾶμα
E. HF 573
; -
ότατος
ποταμῶν
Call. Jov. 19
.
2.
metaph.,
clear,
distinct
,
of
the
voice,
Arist. Top. 106a25
,
S.E. M. 6.41
:
in
literary
sense,
clear
,
λ.
στίχος
AP 11.347
(
Phil.
):
prov.,
λευκὸς
Ἑρμῆς
,
when
a
rogue
was
detected,
Macar. 5.53
.
Adv.
-
κῶς,
πάντα
φαίνειν
,
of
Hermes,
Corn. ND 16
:
Comp.
-
ότερον
,
διαλεχθῆναι
Hld. 7.20
.
II.
of
colour,
white
,
freq.
in
Hom.
,
varying
from
the
pure
white
of
snow
([
ἵπποι]
-ότεροι
χιόνος
Il. 10.437
)
to
the
grey
of
dust
(
λευκοὶ
ἐγένοντο
κονισάλῳ
5.503
);
γάλα
λ.
4.434
;
κρῖ
5.196
;
ἄλφιτα
18.560
;
ἡνία
λεύκʼ
ἐλέφαντι
5.583
;
ὀδόντες
10.263
;
ὀστέα
16.347
;
ἱστία
1.480
;
φᾶρος
18.353
,
etc.;
λ.
ἅρμα,
=
λεύκιππον,
E. Ph. 172
;
of
the
white
horses
used
by
tyrants,
λ.
ζεῦγος
D. 21.158
,
cf.
λεύκιππος;
λ.
λίθος
marble,
OGI
219.36
(Sigeum,
iii
B.C.
),
etc.,
cf.
λευκόλιθος;
λευκῷ<ν>λίθῳ
λ.
στάθμη
a
white
line
on
a
white
stone,
prov.
of
explanations
which
do
not
explain,
S. Fr. 330
;
ἡ
λ.
ῥίζα
white
root
(=
ἡ
τοῦ
δρακοντίου
,
acc.
to
Gal.
19.118),
Hp. Morb. 2.48
,
Nat.Mul. 32
;
freq.
of
white
or
grey
hair,
λ.
κάρη
Tyrt. 10.23
;
θρίξ
S. Ant. 1092
;
λ.
γῆρας
Id. Aj. 625
(lyr.);
λευκὰ
γήρᾳ
σώματα
E. HF 909
,
etc.
b.
of
the
human
skin,
white,
fair
,
sts.
as
a
sign
of
youth
and
beauty,
χρώς,
πήχεε
,
Il. 11.573
,
Od. 23.240
;
λ.
παρειά,
παρηΐς
,
S. Ant. 1239
,
E. Med. 923
;
σάρξ,
δέρη
,
ib.
1189
(v.l.),
IA 875
(troch.);
freq.
with
the
notion
of
bare
,
κῶλον,
πούς
,
Id. Ba. 665
,
863
(lyr.),
Ion 221
(lyr.);
cf.
λευκόπους
.
c.
of
persons,
white-skinned
,
Pl. R. 474e
:
hence,
weakly,
womanish
,
Ar. Th. 191
,
Ec. 428
,
X. HG 3.4.19
;
λευκῶν
ἀνδρῶν
οὐδὲν
ὄφελος
Macar. 5.55
;
cf.
λευκόπρωκτος,
λευκόχρως
.
d.
λευκαὶ
φρένες
in
Pi. P. 4.109
is
expld.
by
Hsch.
μαινόμεναι
,
frantic,
passionate
(cf.
λευκῶν
πραπίδων·
κακῶν
φρενῶν
,
Id.).
2.
λ.
χρυσός
,
pale
gold,
i.e.
gold
alloyed
with
silver
(prob.
the
same
as
ἤλεκτρον
),
opp.
ἄπεφθος
χρυσός
,
Hdt. 1.50
.
3.
metaph.,
bright,
fortunate,
happy
,
λευκὸν
ἦμαρ
νυκτὸς
ἐκ
μελαγχίμου
A. Pers. 301
,
cf.
Ag. 668
;
a
joyful
day
or
holiday
,
Call. Aet. 1.1.2
;
λ.
ἡμέρα
a
happy
day,
S. Fr. 6
,
cf.
Sch.
Call.
Iamb.
in
PSI 9.1094.39
;
variously
expld.
in
Phylarch. 83
J.
,
Plu. Per. 27
;
ἡ
λ.
ψῆφος
the
vote
of
acquittal,
Luc. Harm. 3
,
cf.
Hsch.
III.
λεύκη,
ἡ
,
λευκόν,
τό
,
as
Subst.
,
v.
sub
vocc.
(Cogn.
with
Lat.
lux
,
etc.)