λευκοὶς
λευκός, ή, όν,
I
1. 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; αἰθήρ E. Andr. 1228 (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 AP 11.347 (Phil.): prov., λευκὸς Ἑρμῆς, when a rogue was detected, Macar. 5.53. Adv. - κῶς, πάντα φαίνειν, of Hermes, Corn. ND 16: Comp. - ότερον, διαλεχθῆναι Hld. 7.20.
II
1. 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, OGI 219.36 (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; θρίξ S. Ant. 1092; λ. γῆρας Id. Aj. 625 (lyr.); λευκὰ γήρᾳ σώματα E. HF 909, etc. 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. of persons, white-skinned, Pl. R. 474e: hence, weakly, womanish, Ar. Th. 191, Ec. 428, X. HG 3.4.19; λευκῶν ἀνδρῶν οὐδὲν ὄφελος Macar. 5.55; cf. λευκόπρωκτος, λευκόχρως. 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 PSI 9.1094.39; variously expld. in Phylarch. 83 J., Plu. Per. 27; ἡ λ. ψῆφος the vote of acquittal, Luc. Harm. 3, cf. Hsch.
III λεύκη, ἡ, leuko/n, τό, as Subst., v. sub vocc. (Cogn. with Lat. lux, etc.)
G3022 — λευκός
λευκή, λευκόν (λεύσσω to see, behold, look at; akin to Latinluceo, German leuchten; cf. Curtius, p. 113 and § 87; (Vanicek, p. 817)), the Sept. for לָבָן:
1. light, bright, brilliant: τά ἱμάτια... λευκά ὡς τό φῶς, [Mat 17:2]; especially bright or brilliant from whiteness, (dazzling) white: spoken of the garments of angels, and of those exalted to the splendor of the heavenly state, [Mar 16:5]; [Luk 9:29]; [Act 1:10]; [Rev 3:5]; [Rev 4:4]; [Rev 6:11]; [Rev 7:9], [Rev 7:13]; [Rev 19:14] (shining or white garments were worn on festive and state occasions, [Ecc 9:8]; cf. Heindorf on Horace sat. 2, 2, 61); with ὡσεί or ὡς ὁ χιών added: [Mar 9:3] R L; [Mat 28:3] (ἵπποι λευκοτεροι χιόνος, Homer, Iliad 10, 437); ἐν λευκοῖς namely, ἱματίοις (added in [Rev 3:5]; [Rev 4:4]), [Joh 20:12]; [Rev 3:4]; cf. Winers Grammar, 591 (550); (Buttmann, 82 (72)); used of white garments as the sign of innocence and purity of soul, [Rev 3:18]; of the heavenly throne, [Rev 20:11].
2. (dead) white: [Mat 5:36] (opposed to μέλας); [Rev 1:14]; [Rev 2:17]; [Rev 4:4]; [Rev 6:2]; [Rev 14:14]; [Rev 19:11]; spoken of the whitening color of ripening grain, [Joh 4:35].
† λευκο - βύσσινος , - ον
( cf. λευκολινής , a robe of white flax, C .I., 155, 17),
white linen: [Rev 19:14] ( WH , mg .). †
λευκός , ή , - όν ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3836;]
1. bright, brilliant: of clothing, [Mat 17:2], [Mar 9:3]; [Mar 16:5], [Luk 9:29], [Act 1:10], [Rev 3:5]; [Rev 4:4]; [Rev 6:11]; [Rev 7:9]; [Rev 7:13]; [Rev 19:14] ( cf. [Ecc 9:8]); ὡς χιών , [Mat 28:3]; ἐν λ .. ( sc . ἱματίοις ), [Joh 20:12], [Rev 3:4]; θρόνος , [Rev 20:11].
2. white: [Mat 5:36], [Rev 1:14]; [Rev 2:17]; [Rev 4:4]; [Rev 6:2]; [Rev 14:14]; [Rev 19:11]; fig ., of garments, [Rev 3:18]; of ripened grain, [Joh 4:35]. †