λεύκη
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lěu̯.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈleʍ.ke/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈleɸ.ki/
- (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)
- Synonym: λύγδη (lúgdē)
- (pathology) leprosy or elephantiasis
- (in the plural) white spots on the nails
- white clay or chalk
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
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
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