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λευκόν

leukon

white

Appears 34 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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.
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