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|Definition=λευκή, λευκόν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[light]], [[bright]], [[clear]] (opp. [[μέλας]] in all senses), αἴγλη Od. 6.45; λευκὸν ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[λαμπρόν]])… [[ἠέλιος]] ὥς Il.14.185; λ. [[φάος]] [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''708 (lyr.), cf. infr. 11.3; αἰθήρ E.''Andr.''1228 (anap.); of [[metallic]] [[surface]]s, [[λέβης]] Il.23.268; λευκὴ [[γαλήνη]] a [[glassy]] [[calm]], Od.10.94; of water, [[clear]], [[limpid]], Il.23.282, Od.5.70, A.''Supp.''23 (anap.); λευκὸν [[νᾶμα]] E.''HF''573; λευκότατος ποταμῶν Call.''Jov.''19.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[clear]], [[distinct]], of the [[voice]], Arist.''Top.''106a25, S.E.''M.''6.41: in literary sense, [[clear]], λευκὸς [[στίχος]] ''AP''11.347 (Phil.): [[proverb|prov.]], [[λευκὸς Ἑρμῆς]], when a [[rogue]] was [[detect]]ed, Macar. 5.53. Adv. [[λευκῶς]], πάντα [[φαίνειν]], of [[Hermes]], Corn.''ND''16: Comp. λευκότερον, διαλεχθῆναι Hld.7.20.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of colour, [[white]], freq. in Hom., varying from the [[pure]] [[white]] of [[snow]] ([ἵπποι] λευκότεροι 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 λεύκ' ἐλέφαντι 5.583; ὀδόντες 10.263; ὀστέα 16.347; ἱστία 1.480; [[φᾶρος]] 18.353, etc.; [[λευκὸν ἅρμα]] = [[λεύκιππον]], E.''Ph.''172; of the white horses used by tyrants, λ. ζεῦγος D. 21.158, cf. [[λεύκιππος]]; [[λευκὸς λίθος]] = [[marble]], ''OGI''219.36 (Sigeum, iii B.C.), etc., cf. [[λευκόλιθος]]; λευκῷ λίθῳ λευκὴ στάθμη = a [[white]] [[line]] on a [[white]] [[stone]], [[proverb|prov.]] of explanations which do not explain, S.''Fr.''330; ἡ λευκὴ [[ῥίζα]] = [[white]] [[root]] (= <b class="b3">ἡ τοῦ δρακοντίου</b>, acc. to Gal.19.118), Hp.''Morb.''2.48, ''Nat.Mul.''32; freq. of [[white]] or [[grey]] [[hair]], λευκὴ κάρη Tyrt.10.23; [[θρίξ]] S.''Ant.''1092; λευκὸν [[γῆρας]] Id.''Aj.''625 (lyr.); λευκὰ γήρᾳ σώματα E.''HF'' 909, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of the human skin, [[white]], [[fair]], sometimes as a sign of [[youth]] and [[beauty]], [[χρώς]], [[πήχεε]], Il.11.573, Od.23.240; <b class="b3">λευκὴ παρειά, λευκὴ παρηΐς</b>, S.''Ant.''1239, E.''Med.''923; [[σάρξ]], [[δέρη]], ib.1189 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]), ''IA''875 (troch.); freq. with the notion of [[bare]], [[κῶλον]], [[πούς]], Id.''Ba.''665, 863 (lyr.), ''Ion'' 221 (lyr.); cf. [[λευκόπους]].<br><span class="bld">c</span> of persons, [[white-skinned]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|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]].<br><span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b3">λευκαὶ φρένες</b> in Pi.''P.''4.109 is expld. by [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] [[μαινόμενος|μαινόμεναι]], [[frantic]], [[passionate]] (cf. <b class="b3">λευκῶν πραπίδων· κακῶν φρενῶν</b>, Id.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[λευκὸς χρυσός]], [[pale]] [[gold]], i.e. gold [[alloy]]ed with [[silver]] (prob. the same as [[ἤλεκτρον]]), opp. [[ἄπεφθος]] [[χρυσός]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.50.<br><span class="bld">3</span> 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; [[λευκὴ 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 [[λευκὴ ψῆφος]] the [[vote of acquittal]], Luc.''Harm.''3, cf. [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[λεύκη]], ἡ, [[λευκόν]], τό, as [[substantive]], v. sub vocc. (Cogn. with Lat. [[lux]], etc.)