λευκόν

λευκόν, τό,

• white, as a colour, τὸ λ. οἶδεν knows white from black, Ar. Eq. 1279; opp. μέλαν, Pl. Prt. 331d.
• • • 2 a white dress, λευκὸν ἀμπέχει are dressed in white, Ar. Ach. 1024; ἠμφιεσμένη λευκά Id. Th. 840.
    • 3 white of egg, Hp. Nat.Mul. 32, Arist. GA 753a35, Dsc. 2.50.
    • 4 τὰ λ. the whites of the eyes, Hp. Prog. 2, Alex. 222.9, cf. Arist. HA 492a1.
    • 5 τὰ λ. the menstrua alba of young girls, Id. GA 738a26, HA 581b2; more generally, Hp. Prorrh. 1.80, Epid. 4.22.
    • 6 of a white formation in testaceans, Arist. HA 529a3.