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λευκόν

leukon · τό

white, a white dress, in white, white of egg, whites of the eyes, menstrua alba, white formation

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What it meant

λευκόν · leukon — LSJ

white, white

white, as a colour, τὸ λ. οἶδεν knows white from black, Ar. Eq. 1279; opp. μέλαν, Pl. Prt. 331d.

2 a white dress, in white

a white dress, λευκὸν ἀμπέχει are dressed in white, Ar. Ach. 1024; ἠμφιεσμένη λευκά Id. Th. 840.

3 white of egg

white of egg, Hp. Nat.Mul. 32, Arist. GA 753a35, Dsc. 2.50.

4 whites of the eyes

τὰ λ. the whites of the eyes, Hp. Prog. 2, Alex. 222.9, cf. Arist. HA 492a1.

5 menstrua alba

τὰ λ. the menstrua alba of young girls, Id. GA 738a26, HA 581b2; more generally, Hp. Prorrh. 1.80, Epid. 4.22.

6 white formation

of a white formation in testaceans, Arist. HA 529a3.

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