λευκός

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *leukós, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (white; light; bright). Cognates include Latin lūx, Sanskrit रोचते (rocate), Old Armenian լոյս (loys) and Old English lēoht (light, noun), whence English light. compare Arabic لهق.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

λευκός (leukósm (feminine λευκή, neuter λευκόν); first/second declension

  1. bright, shining, gleaming
  2. light in color; white
  3. pale-skinned, weakly, cowardly
  4. fair, happy, joyful

Inflection

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of light in color): μέλᾱς (mélās)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: leucodermic, leukemia
  • Greek: λευκός (lefkós)
  • Translingual: Alicante or Alacant (Al-Laqant, Lucentum, Leukante, Leuka, Leuké)


Colors in Ancient Greek · χρώμᾰτᾰ (khrṓmata) (layout · text)
     λευκός (leukós)      γλαυκός (glaukós), κῐλλός (killós), πολῐός (poliós), φαιός (phaiós), χαροπός (kharopós)      ᾰ̓μαυρός (amaurós), κελαινός (kelainós), μαυρός (maurós), μέλᾱς (mélās)
             ἐρῠθρός (eruthrós); κᾰρῡ́κῐνος (karū́kinos), κόκκῐνος (kókkinos), φοινός (phoinós)              πυρρός (purrhós); ὄρφνῐνος (órphninos)              μήλινος (mḗlinos), ξᾰνθός (xanthós); ὠχρός (ōkhrós)
             πρᾰ́σῐνος (prásinos)              χλωρός (khlōrós)              χλωρός (khlōrós); χλωρομέλᾱς (khlōromélās)
             κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos); γλαυκός (glaukós), κᾰλάϊνος (kaláïnos)              κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos)              κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos), ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνος (huakínthinos)
             ἰόεις (ióeis), φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos); ᾰ̔λουργής (halourgḗs), πορφῠ́ρεος (porphúreos), οἶνοψ (oînops)              φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos); ᾰ̔λουργής (halourgḗs), πορφῠ́ρεος (porphúreos)              ῥόδινος (rhódinos), ῥοδόεις (rhodóeis)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (white; light; bright).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lefˈkos/
  • Hyphenation: λευ‧κός
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Adjective

λευκός (lefkósm (feminine λευκή, neuter λευκό)

  1. (literary, more formal) white
    Synonym: άσπρος (áspros)
    Antonym: μαύρος (mávros)
    λευκό μάρμαρο, σύννεφο, χαμόγελο
    lefkó mármaro, sýnnefo, chamógelo
    white marble, cloud, smile
    λευκά δόντια, μαλλιά, σεντόνια, τυριά, κρασιά
    lefká dóntia, malliá, sentónia, tyriá, krasiá
    white teeth, hair, sheets, cheeses, wines
    • 1940 (pub), Seferis, Giorgos Ημερολόγιο Καταστρώματος, Α΄. (in Greek @greek-language.gr (translation @books.google by Edmund Keeley, Philip Sherrard) retr:2018.09.10. :
      Κι όμως τα πάντα ήταν λευκά γιατί ο μεγάλος ύπνος είναι
      λευκός κι ο μεγάλος θάνατος
      ήσυχος γαλήνιος ξεχωριστός μέσα σε μια απέραντη σιγή.
      Ki ómos ta pánta ítan lefká giatí o megálos ýpnos eínai
      lefkós ki o megálos thánatos
      ísychos galínios xechoristós mésa se mia apéranti sigí.
      And yet everything was white because the great sleep is
      white and the great death
      calm and serene and isolated in an endless silence.
  2. (in set phrases) see Expressions and see Λευκός
    Ο Λευκός Οίκος βρίσκεται στην 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
    O Lefkós Oíkos vrísketai stin 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
    The White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
  3. (of animals)
    λευκός καρχαρίαςlefkós karcharíaswhite shark
  4. (figuratively) pure, blank, clean
    λευκό ποινικό μητρώοlefkó poinikó mitróoa clean criminal record
  5. see λευκός as noun
  6. and see λευκό (lefkó, neuter noun)

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Expressions: (Also see expressions with άσπρος)

Noun

λευκός (lefkósn (plural λευκοί)

  1. a white person
    Φυλετικές διακρίσεις των λευκών εναντίον των μαύρων.
    Fyletikés diakríseis ton lefkón enantíon ton mávron.
    Racial discriminations of the white against the black.

Declension