Aristotle Greek Lexicon λευκόν

λευκόν

leukon

white

Appears 724 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

λευκόν, τό, A. 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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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