λευκήν (leuken)

λευκήν is an Ancient Greek form of λευκός, meaning “white, bright”. It is the accusative singular feminine adjective.

It can also be a form of λεύκη, “white poplar; leprosy”.

Found 71 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Euripides, Medea 923: στρέψασα λευκὴν ἔμπαλιν παρηίδα;

Euripides, Andromache 1262: Λευκὴν κατ’ ἀκτὴν ἐντὸς Εὐξείνου πόρου.

Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales 4.1.3: … αι, καὶ πρὸς τούτοισιν ἔτʼ ἄλλακύτισὸν τʼ ἠδὲ σφάκον εὐώδη καὶ σμίλακα τὴν λύφυλλον, κότινον, σχῖνον, μελίαν, λεύκην, ἀρίαν, δρῦν, κιττόν, ἐρίκην, πρόμαλον, ῥάμνον, φλόμον, ἀνθέρικον, κισθόν, φηγόν, θύμα, θύμβραν.

All forms of λευκός (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.