λευκόν
leukon
white
Appears 28 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λευκόν, τό, A. white, as a colour, τὸ λ. οἶδεν knows white from black, Eq. 1279; opp. μέλαν, Prt. 331d. 2. a white dress, λευκὸν ἀμπέχει are dressed in white, Ach. 1024; ἠμφιεσμένη λευκά Th. 840. 3. white of egg, Nat.Mul. 32, GA 753a35, 2.50. 4. τὰ λ. the whites of the eyes, Prog. 2, 222.9, cf. HA 492a1. 5. τὰ λ. the menstrua alba of young girls, GA 738a26, HA 581b2; more generally, Prorrh. 1.80, Epid. 4.22. 6. of a white formation in testaceans, HA 529a3.
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