Ἀλφούς

dull-whites, off-whites

Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Jun 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

8 words

[sc. Masculine] white or [sc. feminine] white [ones].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀλφούς· λευκοὺς ἢ λευκάς.

Betacode

*)alfou/s: leukou\s h)\ leuka/s.

Same or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1077 Theodoridis. The headword is accusative plural of the noun a)lfo/s, defined by LSJ as "dull-white leprosy, esp. on the face". (It is cognate with Latin albus; cf. the compounds a)lfopro/swpos "white-faced" and a)lfo/rugxos "white-snouted".)
This accusative plural must be quoted from somewhere -- probably Plato, Timaeus 85A, leu/kas a)lfou/s. The glossing aims to point out that, since a)lfo/s is masculine, one could just as well write leukou/s.