λεύκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λευκός (leukós, “white”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lěu̯.kɛː/ → /ˈleɸ.ci/ → /ˈlef.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lěu̯.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlew.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈleɸ.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlef.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlef.ci/

Noun

λεύκη • (leúkē) f (genitive λεύκης); first declension

1. white poplar (Populus alba)

   Synonyms: ἀχερωΐς (akherōḯs), λῠ́γδη (lŭ́gdē)

2. (pathology) leprosy or elephantiasis
3. (in the plural) white spots on the nails
4. 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ λεύκη; τῆς λεύκης (Attic)

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