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1 χρυσός
χρῡσός, ὁ,A gold,τιμῆς Il.18.475
, etc.; coupled with other precious things, e.g. χαλκός, σίδηρος, 6.48; ἐσθής, Od.5.38; χρυσὸν κέρασιν περιχεύας (of a victim) Il.10.294 = Od.3.384, cf. 437; ;χ. δαμασίφρων Pi.O. 13.78
; κοῖλος ἄργυρος καὶ χ. silver and gold plate, Theopomp.Hist. 283a, cf. Luc.Nav.20; λευκὸς χ. white gold, i.e. gold alloyed with silver, opp. χ. ἄπεφθος refined gold, Hdt.1.50;χ. ἑψόμενος Pi.N.4.82
;χρυσὸν καθαίρειν Pl.Plt. 303d
;βασανίζειν ἐν πυρί Id.R. 413e
.2 gold, to express anything made of gold, e. g. golden armour or raiment, χρυσὸν.. ἔδυνε περὶ χροΐ, of Zeus, Il.8.43; of Poseidon, 13.25;τὸ ἐμὸν σῶμα μήτε ἐν χ. θῆτε.. X.Cyr.8.7.25
; ἀραρότως σύνδεσμα χρυσὸς (a gold crown) ;ἐν χρυσῷ πίνειν Luc.Merc. Cond.26
.3 freq. used by Poets to denote anything dear or precious,ταῦτα μὲν.. κρείσσονα χρυσοῦ.. φωνεῖς A.Ch. 372
(anap.);ὁ χ. ἧσσον κτῆμα τοῦ κλάειν ἂν ἦν S.Fr. 557
;ὡς χρυσὸς αὐτῷ τἀμὰ.. κακὰ δόξει ποτ' εἶναι E.Tr. 432
, cf. D.H.Rh.9.4; cf. Pi.O.1.1, 3.42, Plu.Sert. 5: metaph. also, χρυσὸς ἐπῶν golden words, Ar.Pl. 268;χρυσῷ πάττειν τινά Id.Nu. 912
(anap.);ὗσαι χρυσόν τινι Pi.O.7.50
. [pron. full] [ῡ] in χρυσός and all derivs., though Lyric Poets sts. made υ short in the Adj. χρύσεος (q.v.); once we have χρῠσός, Pi.N.7.78.] (Borrowed from Semitic, cf. Hebr. chārūts, Assyr. h<*>urāšu 'gold', Aram. hara 'yellow'.) -
2 λευκός
A light, bright, clear (opp. μέλας in all senses),αἴγλη Od. 6.45
; λευκὸν (v.l. λαμπρόν).. ἠέλιος ὥς Il.14.185
;λ. φάος S.Aj. 708
(lyr.), cf. infr. 11.3; (anap.); of metallic surfaces,λέβης Il.23.268
; λ. γαλήνη a glassy calm, Od.10.94; of water, clear, limpid, Il.23.282, Od.5.70, A.Supp.23 (anap.);λ. νᾶμα E.HF 573
; -ότατος ποταμῶν Call.Jov.19
.2 metaph., clear, distinct, of the voice, Arist.Top. 106a25, S.E.M.6.41: in literary sense, clear,λ. στίχος AP11.347
(Phil.): prov., λευκὸς Ἑρμῆς, when a rogue was detected, Macar. 5.53. Adv. -κῶς, πάντα φαίνειν, of Hermes, Corn.ND16: [comp] Comp. - ότερον, διαλεχθῆναι Hld.7.20
.II of colour, white, freq. in Hom., varying from the pure white of snow ([ἵπποι] -ότεροι χιόνος Il.10.437
) to the grey of dust (λευκοὶ ἐγένοντο κονισάλῳ 5.503
);γάλα λ. 4.434
;κρῖ 5.196
;ἄλφιτα 18.560
;ἡνία λεύκ' ἐλέφαντι 5.583
;ὀδόντες 10.263
;ὀστέα 16.347
;ἱστία 1.480
;φᾶρος 18.353
, etc.; λ. ἅρμα, = λεύκιππον, E.Ph. 172; of the white horses used by tyrants,λ. ζεῦγος D. 21.158
, cf. λεύκιππος; λ. λίθος marble, OGI219.36 (Sigeum, iii B.C.), etc., cf. λευκόλιθος; λευκῷ<ν>λίθῳ λ. στάθμη a white line on a white stone, prov. of explanations which do not explain, S.Fr. 330; ἡ λ. ῥίζα white root (= ἡ τοῦ δρακοντίου, acc. to Gal.19.118), Hp.Morb.2.48, Nat.Mul.32; freq. of white or grey hair,λ. κάρη Tyrt.10.23
; ;λ. γῆρας Id.Aj. 625
(lyr.);λευκὰ γήρᾳ σώματα E.HF 909
, etc.b of the human skin, white, fair, sts. as a sign of youth and beauty, χρώς, πήχεε, Il.11.573, Od.23.240; λ. παρειά, παρηΐς, S.Ant. 1239, E.Med. 923; σάρξ, δέρη, ib. 1189 (v.l.), IA 875 (troch.); freq. with the notion of bare, κῶλον, πούς, Id.Ba. 665, 863 (lyr.), Ion 221 (lyr.); cf. λευκόπους.c of persons, white-skinned, Pl.R. 474e: hence, weakly, womanish, Ar.Th. 191, Ec. 428, X.HG3.4.19;λευκῶν ἀνδρῶν οὐδὲν ὄφελος Macar.5.55
; cf. λευκόπρωκτος, λευκόχρως.d λευκαὶ φρένες in Pi.P.4.109 is expld. by Hsch. μαινόμεναι, frantic, passionate (cf. λευκῶν πραπίδων· κακῶν φρενῶν, Id.).2 λ. χρυσός, pale gold, i.e. gold alloyed with silver (prob. the same as ἤλεκτρον), opp. ἄπεφθος χρυσός, Hdt.1.50.3 metaph., bright, fortunate, happy,λευκὸν ἦμαρ νυκτὸς ἐκ μελαγχίμου A.Pers. 301
, cf. Ag. 668; a joyful day or holiday, Call.Aet.1.1.2; λ. ἡμέρα a happy day, S.Fr.6, cf. Sch.Call.Iamb.in PSI9.1094.39; variously expld. in Phylarch. 83 J., Plu.Per.27; ἡ λ. ψῆφος the vote of acquittal, Luc.Harm.3, cf. Hsch. -
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