λευκώλενος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /leu̯.kɔ̌ː.le.nos/ → /leɸˈko.le.nos/ → /lefˈko.le.nos/

• (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

1. (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 [Hephaestus] said, and she smiled, the white armed goddess Hera,
     and smiling accepted the goblet from [her] child in [her] 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
		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
• Autenrieth