λεύκη
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
ἡ, a cutaneous disease, so called from its colour: a kind of
A leprosy or elephantiasis, λέπρην ἢ λεύκην ἔχειν Hdt.1.138; λειχῆνες καὶ λέπραι καὶ λεῦκαι Hp.Prorrh.2.43; λ. ἀλφούς τε Pl.Ti.85a; [ἐξάνθημα] ὃ καλεῖται λ. Arist.HA518a13, cf. Pr.891a26. II white poplar, Populus alba, Thphr.HP1.10.1, al.; used for chaplets, Ar.Nu.1007, Eup.14.4, D.18.260, Theoc. 2.121; later λεύκη λευκή Hippiatr.22. 2 a place at Athens where the taxes were let out to farmers of the revenue, prob. so called from a poplar in the place, And.1.133. III = ἀνδρόσακες, Ps.-Dsc.3.133. IV in pl., white spots on the nails, Alex.Aphr.Pr.1.146. V in pl., kind of κόγχοι, = ἀνδροφυκτίδες, Epich.42.11. VI name of various plasters, Gal.13.414, al. VII white clay or chalk, Gloss.
German (Pape)
[Seite 33] ἡ, 11 die Weißpappel, Ar. Nubb. 1007; dem Herakles heilig, Theocr. 2, 121; Theophr.; θιάσους ἐστεφανωμένους τῷ μαράθῳ καὶ τῇ λεύκῃ Dem. 18, 260; nach Harpocr. bacchischer Brauch. Aber παρασυλλεγέντες ὑπὸ τὴν λεύκην Andoc. 1, 133, geht auf einen Ort in Athen, wo öffentliche Auctionen gehalten wurden. – 2) der weiße, fressende Aussatz; Her. 1, 138; Hippocr.; übh. weißer Fleck auf der Haut, καὶ ἄλφοι Plat. Tim. 85 a; Arist. gen. anim. 5, 4 u. öfter; Nic. Th. 333 u. a. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λεύκη: ἡ, νόσος τις τοῦ δέρματος, καλουμένη οὕτως ἐκ τοῦ χρώματος· εἶδος λέπρας ἢ μάλλον ἐλεφαντιάσεως, λέπρην ἢ λεύκην ἔχειν Ἡρόδ. 1. 138· λειχῆνες καὶ λέπραι καὶ λεῦκαι Ἱππ. Προρρ. 114. λ. ἀλφούς τε Πλάτ. Τίμ. 85Α· ἐξάνθημα ὃ καλεῖται λ. Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 3. 11, 6, πρβλ. Πρβλ. 10. 4 κἑξ.· πρβλ. Foës. Oecon. II. ἡ λευκὴ αἴγειρος, κοινῶς «λεύκα», Λατ. populus alba, εὔχρηστος πρὸς παρασκευὴν στεφάνων, θιάσους ἐστεφανωμένους τῇ λεύκῃ Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 1007, Δημ. 313. 24· πρβλ. ἀχερωίς, αἴγειρος. 2) τόπος ἐν Ἀθήναις, ἔνθα ἐπωλοῦντο αἱ δημόσιαι πρόσοδοι, πιθανῶς οὕτω κληθεὶς ἐκ δένδρου τινὸς λεύκης ὑπάρχοντος ἐν αὐτῷ, Ἀνδοκ. 17. 24· πρβλ. Böckh. P. E. 2. 26. ΙΙΙ. φυτόν τι, ὡσαύτως ἀνδρόσακες, Διοσκ. ἐκ τῶν Νόθων 3. 150. IV. ἐν τῷ πληθ., λευκὰ στίγματα εἰς τοὺς ὄνυχας, κοινῶς «ψεῖρα», Ἀλεξ. Προβλ. 1. 146.
