λευκός λευκός, ή, όν from Root !λυκ light, bright, brilliant, of sun light, Hom., Soph.; and of metallic surfaces, λέβης Il.; also, λ. γαλήνη a glassy calm, Od.; of water, generally, bright, limpid, Hom., Eur. metaph. clear, plain, distinct, of authors, Anth. of colour, white, Hom., etc.; λ. ἅρμα λεύκιππον, Eur. of the skin, white, fair, Hom., Trag.; with a notion of bare, πούς Eur., cf. λευκόπους:—later, as a mark of effeminacy, blanched, white, pale, Ar., Xen.:— λευκαὶ φρένες in Pind. may be pale with envy, envious. λ. χρυσός, pale gold, i. e. gold alloyed with silver (prob. the same as ἤλεκτρον) , opp. to χρυσὸς ἄπεφθος, Hdt. λευκὸν ἦμαρ νυκτὸς ἐκ μελαγχίμου a bright day after a night of mourning, Aesch.