Λευκαῖος

Λεύκαιος

masc gen sg

Λευκαί̱ου, Λευκαῖος

of the white poplar: masc gen sg

λευκαία, ἡ, a synonym (perh. a variety) of σπάρτος, used for cordage or tackle, Moschio ap.Ath.5.206f:—written [full] λευκέα in BGU544.5 (ii A.D.), Artem.3.59 (who dists. it from κάνναβις), Hsch.

II = λεύκη 11.1,

λευκαίας στέφανος IG12(1).155

iii 79, iv 118:—hence [full] Λευκαῖος Ζεύς, Zeus of the white poplar, Paus.5.5.5.

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `hell, clear, white' (Il.);

Compounds: many compp., some with prefix, e. g. διά-, παρά-, ἐπί-, ὑπό-λευκος (Strömberg Prefix Studies 161).

Derivatives: 1. Substantiv. with oppositive accent (Schwyzer 380 a. 420): λεύκη f. `white efflorescence' (IA.), `white poplar' (Att., hell.) with λεύκινος `of white poplar' (Arist., hell. inscr.), Λευκαῖος surn. of Zeus (Paus.), λευκαία (- έα) `white poplar etc.' (pap.); λεῦκος m. name of an unknown fish (Theoc.) with λευκίσκος m. `white mullet' (Hikes. ap. Ath., Gal.), s. Strömberg Fischnamen 22 f., Thompson Fishes s. vv. 2. f. λευκάς `white' (Nic.), as subst. rock- and islandname (ω 11), also plantname `Lamium' (Dsc.). 3. Further subst.: λευκότης f. `whiteness' (IA.), λευκίτας m. name of he-goat (Theoc. 5, 147; Redard Les noms grecs en - της 113), λεύκηθρον plantname (Dsc. 3, 96; v. l. λάκηθρον; Strömberg Pflanzennamen 147); Λεύκαρος (\< - αλος?), - αρίων PN (Epich., inscr.; Schulze Kl. Schr. 115 n. 3, v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1,65A.1; Leumann Glotta 32, 223 n. 2; also Δευκαλίων with diff. dissimilation?, s. Schulze l.c.); after Krahe IF 58, 132 Illyr. (beside GN Λευκάριστος), s. also Mayer Glotta 32, 82. - 4. Verbs: a. λευκαίνω `make white, colour...' (μ 172; cf. Treu Von Homer zur Lyrik 219) with λεύκανσις (Arist.), λευκασία ( PHolm., Cyran.; on the formation Schwyzer 469) `bleaching, making white etc.'; also as rivern. in Messenia beside Λευκάσιον Arc. GN (Krahe Beitr. z. Namenforsch. 2, 237; 5, 106 a. 217); λευκαντής, - τικός `white-painter' resp. `-painting' (Gloss., sch.). b. λευκόομαι, - όω `become white, make λευκός ' (Pi., Att.) with λεύκωμα `table painted white' (Att.), `white speck in the eye' (Arist., pap.) with - ωματικός, - ωματώδης, - ωματίζομαι (medic., sch.); λεύκωσις = λευκασία ( PHolm. 3, 6 [cf. Lagercrantz ad loc.]), - ωτής (- ωτός?; Att. inscr., meaning unknown). c. λευκαθέω only ptc. gen. pl. λευκαθεόντων `gleaming white' (Hes. Sc. 146), metr. reshaping at verse-end for λευκαθόντων from λευκάθω (Wackernagel Glotta 14, 44 ff. = Kl. Schr. 2, 852 ff.), with Λευκαθέα, with secondary o-vowel Λευκοθέα (Od., Pi.) name of a goddess, with τὰ Λευκάθεα feast on Teos, - θεών monthname (Ion.); lengthened form λευκαθίζω `gleam white' (Hdt., LXX), also - ανθίζω (after ἄνθος; empire), s. Wackernagel l.c. - On λεύσσω `see' s. v.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [687] * leuk- `white'

Etymology: As original verbal noun with Skt. rocá- `lighting' identical, to rócatē `light'. An old ablauting verbal noun is Lat. lūcus `wood, forest', prop. `lighting' (with Jūnō Lūcīna ; s. Leumann Sprache 6, 156ff.), Lith. laũkas `field', Germ., e. g. OHG lōh `overgrown lighting', Skt. loká- m. `free space, world', IE * louko-s m. To this great wordgroup belongs from Greek a. o. λεύσσω, λύχνος, λοῦσσον, s. vv.

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