λεύκη

λεύκ-η, ἡ,

• a cutaneous disease, so called from its colour: a kind of 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.
• • II white poplar, Populus alba, Thphr. 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.
  • • 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.

λεύκη -ης, ἡ [λευκός]
🄰 “the white”, skin disease, vitiligo Hdt. 1.138.1 Hp. Coac. 5.502, Prorrh. 2.43 Plat. Tim. 85a Aristot. G.A. 784a 26 Gal. 10.82, 12.141 etc. | white blotch, on the fingernails Al. Pr. 1.146 (pl.)

🄱 bot. poplar Aristoph. Nub. 1007 Thphr. H.P. 3.3.1, C.P. 2.16.2, al. Nic. fr. 74.56 Diosc.² 1.81 etc.; τῇ λεύκῃ ἐστεφανωμένοι crowned with poplar boughs Demosth. 18.260

🄲 acetabularia, algae Diosc.² 3.133a, see ἀνδρόσακες

🄳 pl. molluscs Epichar. 40.11, see ἀνδροφυκτίδες.

λεύκη, ἡ,
1) die Weißpappel, Ar. Nub. 1007 ; dem Herakles heilig, Theocr. 2.121 ; Theophr.; θιάσους ἐστεφανωμένους τῷ μαράθῳ καὶ τῇ λεύκῃ Dem. 18.260 ; nach Harp. bacchischer Brauch. Aber παρασυλλεγέντες ὑπὸ τὴν λεύκην Andoc. 1.133, geht auf einen Ort in Athen, wo öffentliche Auktionen gehalten wurden.
2) der weiße, fressende Aussatz ; Her. 1.138 ; Hippocr.; übh. weißer Fleck auf der Haut, καὶ ἄλφοι Plat. Tim. 85a ; Arist. gen. anim. 5.4 u. öfter ; Nic. Th. 333 u. a.Sp.

λεύκη, ἡ, λευκός

• • Iwhite leprosy, Hdt., etc.
  • IIthe white poplar, Lat. populus alba, Ar., Dem.