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μεσό-λευκος

mesoleukos

middling white

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What it meant

μεσό-λευκος · meso-leukos — LSJ

middling white, shot with white

middling white, χιτὼν πορφυροῦς μ. a tunic of purple shot with white, X. Cyr. 8.3.13, cf. Luc. Alex. 11; μ. χιτών alone, JHS 41.195 (Delos, ii B. C.), D.C. 36.52; opp. πορφύρεος, Ephipp. ap. Ath. 12.537e; χλαμὺς μ. D.C. 78.3.

II

Subst., a precious stone, Plin. HN 37.174.

2

= λευκὰς ὀρεινή, ib. 27.102.

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