λεύκ-η,ἡ, a cutaneous disease, so called from its colour: a kind of
A. leprosyorelephantiasis, λέπρην ἢ λεύκην ἔχειν
Hdt. 1.138
; λειχῆνες καὶ λέπραι καὶ λεῦκαι
Hp. Prorrh. 2.43
; λ. ἀλφούς τε
Pl. Ti. 85a
; [ ἐξάνθημα] ὃ καλεῖται λ.
Arist. HA 518a13
, cf. Pr. 891a26 .
II. white poplar, Populus alba, Thphr. HP 1.10.1 , al.; used for chaplets, Ar. Nu. 1007 , Eup. 14.4 , D. 18.260 , Theoc. 2.121 ; later λεύκη λευκή
Hippiatr. 22
.
2. a place at Athens where the taxes were let out to farmers of the revenue, prob. so called from apoplarin the place, And. 1.133 .
III.