Λεύκη
white [disease]
Translated by David Whitehead22 Oct 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
In Herodotus [this means] a particular condition affecting the whole body.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λεύκη· παρὰ Ἡροδότῳ πάθος τι περὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα.
Betacode
*leu/kh: para\ *(hrodo/tw| pa/qos ti peri\ o(/lon to\ sw=ma.
Notes
- From glosses on Herodotus 1.138.1 (web address 1). A kind of mild leprosy (with which Hdt. couples it there) or elephantiasis, turning the skin white. For other references to it see LSJ s.v.