λεύκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λευκός (leukós) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lěu̯.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlew.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈleɸ.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlef.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlef.ci/
Noun
λεύκη • (leúkē) f (genitive λεύκης); first declension
- white poplar (Populus alba)
- Synonyms: ἀχερωΐς (akherōḯs), λῠ́γδη (lúgdē)
- (pathology) leprosy or elephantiasis
- (in the plural) white spots on the nails
- white clay or chalk
Declension
First declension of ἡ λεύκη; τῆς λεύκης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λεύκη hē leúkē | τὼ λεύκᾱ tṑ leúkā | αἱ λεῦκαι hai leûkai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λεύκης tês leúkēs | τοῖν λεύκαιν toîn leúkain | τῶν λευκῶν tôn leukôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λεύκῃ têi leúkēi | τοῖν λεύκαιν toîn leúkain | ταῖς λεύκαις taîs leúkais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λεύκην tḕn leúkēn | τὼ λεύκᾱ tṑ leúkā | τᾱ̀ς λεύκᾱς tā̀s leúkās | ||||||||||
Vocative | λεύκη leúkē | λεύκᾱ leúkā | λεῦκαι leûkai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λευκαία (leukaía)
- Λευκαῖος (Leukaîos)
- λεύκινος (leúkinos)
- χαμαιλεύκη (khamaileúkē)
References
- “λεύκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λεύκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λεύκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette