λευκώλενος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λευκός (leukós, “white”) and ὠλένη (ōlénē, “forearm”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /leu̯.kɔ̌ː.le.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lewˈko.le.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leɸˈko.le.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lefˈko.le.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lefˈko.le.nos/

Adjective

λευκώλενος • (leukṓlenos) m or f, λευκώλενον (leukṓlenon) n

(poetic, epithet of women and goddesses) white-armed
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.595–596:
  Ὣς φάτο, μείδησεν δὲ θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη,
  μειδήσασα δὲ παιδὸς ἐδέξατο χειρὶ κύπελλον·
  Hṑs pháto, meídēsen dè theà leukṓlenos Hḗrē,
  meidḗsasa dè paidòs edéxato kheirì kúpellon;
  So said, and she smiled, the white armed goddess Hera,
  and smiling accepted the goblet from child in hand.

Inflection

Second declension of λευκώλενος; λευκώλενον (Epic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	λευκώλενος leukṓlenos	λευκώλενον leukṓlenon	λευκωλένω leukōlénō	λευκωλένω leukōlénō	λευκώλενοι leukṓlenoi	λευκώλενᾰ leukṓlena
Genitive	λευκωλένου / λευκωλενοῖο / λευκωλένοιο / λευκωλενόο / λευκωλένοο leukōlénou / leukōlenoîo / leukōlénoio / leukōlenóo / leukōlénoo	λευκωλένου / λευκωλενοῖο / λευκωλένοιο / λευκωλενόο / λευκωλένοο leukōlénou / leukōlenoîo / leukōlénoio / leukōlenóo / leukōlénoo	λευκωλένοιῐν leukōlénoiin	λευκωλένοιῐν leukōlénoiin	λευκωλένων leukōlénōn	λευκωλένων leukōlénōn
Dative	λευκωλένῳ leukōlénōi	λευκωλένῳ leukōlénōi	λευκωλένοιῐν leukōlénoiin	λευκωλένοιῐν leukōlénoiin	λευκωλένοισῐ / λευκωλένοισῐν / λευκωλένοις leukōlénoisi(n) / leukōlénois	λευκωλένοισῐ / λευκωλένοισῐν / λευκωλένοις leukōlénoisi(n) / leukōlénois
Accusative	λευκώλενον leukṓlenon	λευκώλενον leukṓlenon	λευκωλένω leukōlénō	λευκωλένω leukōlénō	λευκωλένους leukōlénous	λευκώλενᾰ leukṓlena
Vocative	λευκώλενε leukṓlene	λευκώλενον leukṓlenon	λευκωλένω leukōlénō	λευκωλένω leukōlénō	λευκώλενοι leukṓlenoi	λευκώλενᾰ leukṓlena
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	λευκωλένως leukōlénōs		λευκωλενώτερος leukōlenṓteros		λευκωλενώτᾰτος leukōlenṓtatos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

“λευκώλενος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“λευκώλενος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“λευκώλενος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
λευκώλενος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
λευκώλενος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“λευκώλενος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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