λευκαίνω,
late aorist 1 infinitive λευκᾶναι (see. below): perfect passive λελεύκασμαι [[ 3rd c.BC: Diphilus Siphnius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.54b, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “fragment” 102] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—make white, λεύκαινον ὕδωρ ξεστῇς ἐλάτῃσιν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.172; ἅλα ῥοθίοισι λ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 17; ἐς γένυν ἕρπει λευκαίνων ὁ χρόνος 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.70 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; plaster with whitening, λευκᾶναι τὰ λευκώματα [[ “Ephes.” 3p.148 ] Refs]:—passive, to be or become white, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 730a6, 4th c.BC: Sopater Comicus 8, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.545 ] Refs 4th c.BC+], Diph.Siph.[same place]; to be clarified, of oil, Orib. [prev. cited]
__2 cause to appear white, of the effect of dawn on lamplight, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 157 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II passive, have a sensation of whiteness, [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.191, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III intransitive, grow white, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hyps.fragment” 34(60) i13, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 890a9, LXX.Lev.13.19 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; ἀφροῖο with foam, [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 170. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]