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λευκαία

leukaia · ἡ

of the white poplar

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What it meant

λευκαία · leukaia — LSJ

a synonym (perh. a variety) of σπάρτος, used for cordage or tackle, Moschio ap. Ath. 5.206f:—written λευκέα in BGU 544.5 (ii A.D.), Artem. 3.59 (who dists. it from κάνναβις), Hsch.

II of the white poplar

= λεύκη II.1, λευκαίας στέφανος IG 12(1).155 iii 79, iv 118:—hence Λευκαῖος Ζεύς, Zeus of the white poplar, Paus. 5.5.5.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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