λεύκη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, a cutaneous disease, so called from its colour: a kind of<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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.''HA''518a13, cf. ''Pr.''891a26.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[white poplar]], [[Populus alba]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 1.10.1, al.; used for chaplets, Ar.''Nu.''1007, Eup.14.4, D.18.260, Theoc. 2.121; later λεύκη λευκή ''Hippiatr.''22.<br><span class="bld">2</span> 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.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[ἀνδρόσακες]], Ps.-Dsc.3.133.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> in plural, [[white spots]] on the nails, Alex.Aphr.''Pr.''1.146.<br><span class="bld">V</span> in plural, kind of [[κόγχοι]], = [[ἀνδροφυκτίδες]], Epich.42.11.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> name of various plasters, Gal.13.414, al.<br><span class="bld">VII</span> [[white clay]] or [[chalk]], ''Glossaria''.