λεύκη
Μὴ σπεῦδ', ἃ μὴ δεῖ, μηδ', ἃ δεῖ, σπεύδειν μένε → Ne agas celeria tarde, aut tarda celeriter → Unnötiges tu nicht, was nötig ist, tu gleich
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.
