λεύκη

λεύκη, ἡ, a cutaneous disease, so called from its colour: a kind of A. 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.