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Letus, i, m., a mountain in Liguria, Liv. 41, 18; Val. Max. 1, 5.
2. Leuca, ae, f., a town in Calabria, near the Iapygian promontory, now S. Maria di Leuca: secretaque littora Leucae, Luc. 5, 376.
† leucăcantha, ae, f., and leucă-canthos, i, m., = λευκάκανθα.
† leucăchātes, ae, m., = λευκαχάτης, the white agate, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 139.
Leucădĭa, ae, and Leucas, ădis, f., = Λευκαδία, an island (previously a peninsula) in the Ionic Sea, opposite Acarnania, with a famous temple of Apollo, now S. Maura, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5; Liv. 33, 17, 8; acc. Leucada, Ov. M. 15, 289; id. H. 15, 172.
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Leucaethĭŏpes, um, m., = Λευκαιθίοπες, the white Ethiopians of Libya, Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 43 (Jahn, Leucoe Aethiopes); called also Leucoaethiopes, Mel. 1, 4, 4.
† leucanthĕmis, ĭdis, f., = λευκάνθεμις, the chamomile plant, Plin. 22, 21, 26, § 53.
† leucanthĕmon or -mum, i, n., = λευκάνθεμον, the name of three plants.
† leucanthes, is, n., = λευκανθές, the herb pellitory, Plin. 21, 30, 104, § 176.
† leucanthus, i, m., = λεύκανθος, a plant, otherwise unknown, App. Herb. 92.
† leucargillos, i, f., = λευκάργιλλος, white clay, Plin. 17, 7, 4, § 42.
Leucas, ădis, f., = Λευκάς.
2. Leucaspis, ĭdis, m., one of the companions of Æneas, Verg. A. 6, 334.
Leucāta, ae, and Leucātē, ēs, f. (Leucāte, is, n., Serv. Verg. A. 3, 279.
Leucātes, ae, m., Claud. B. G. 185.
Leucas, ădis, f., Ov. H. 15, 172; Sen. Herc. Oet. 732), a promontory in the island of Leucadia, now Capo Ducato, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41; Liv. 26, 26; 44, 1: Leucatae nimbosa cacumina montis, Verg. A. 3, 274; Liv. 36, 15; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5.
2. Leucē, ēs, f., = Λευκή.
† leucēŏron, i, n., = λευκήορον, a plant, called also leontopodion, Plin. 26, 8, 34, § 52; App. Herb. 7.
Leuci, ōrum, m., = Λεῦκοι, a people of Gallia Belgica, adjacent to the Lingones, whence, perh., the mod. Liège, Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 10; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 106; Tac. H. 1, 64.
Collect., in sing.: Leucus, i, m., Luc. 1, 424.
Leucippē, ēs, f., = Λευκίππη.
Leucippus, i, m., = Λεύκιππος.
† leucochrȳsos, i, m., = λευκόχρυσος.
† leucŏcŏmos or -us, a, um, adj., = λευκόκομος (white-haired; hence), having white leaves or blossoms: (mala) erythrocomis et leucocomis, Plin. 13, 19, 34, § 113.
† leucŏcōum, i, n., = λευκοκῶον, white Coan wine, Plin. 14, 8, 10, § 78.
† leucŏgaea, ae, f., = λευκόγαια (of white earth), a precious stone almost unknown, Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162.
† leucŏgaeus, a, um, adj., = λευκόγαιος, of white earth: colles, a chain of hills in Campania, where chalk was dug, Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 114; 35, 15, 56, § 174.
Here were the leucogaei fontes, Plin. 31, 2, 8, § 12.
† leucogrăphĭa, ae, f., = λευκογραφία, a precious stone, called also leucogaea, Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 162; al. leucographitin.
† leucogrăphis, ĭdis, f., = λευκογραφίς, a kind of St. Mary’s thistle, Carduus leucographus, Linn., which was used as a remedy for spitting blood, Plin. 27, 11, 78, § 103.
leucŏĭon (trisyl. leucoja, Col. poët. 10, 97), ĭi, n., = λευκόϊον, the white violet, Col. 9, 4, 4: candida leucoia, id. 10, 97.
Leucōn, ōnis, m.
Leucŏnĭcus, a, um,
† leucŏnŏtus, i, m., = λευκόνοτος, the (white, i. e. clear, dry) south wind, more precisely, the south-southwest wind, Vitr. 1, 6, 10; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 6: leuconotus Libs, Aus. Technopaegn. de Deis, 12.
Leucŏpĕtra, ae, f., = Λευκοπέτρα (white rock), a promontory in the territory of the Bruttii, near Rhegium, now Capo dell’ Armi, Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7; id. Att. 16, 6, 1; 16, 7, 1.
* leucŏphaeātus, a, um, adj. [leucophaeus], clothed in dark gray or ash-colored garments, Mart. 1, 97, 5.
† leucŏphaeus, a, um, adj., = λευκόφαιος, ash-colored, dun-colored: pannus, Plin. 32, 10, 38, § 114: vellera, Vitr. 8, 3 med.
† leucophŏron, i, n., = λευκοφόρον, gold-size, Plin. 35, 6, 17, § 36; 33, 3, 20, § 64.
Leucŏphryna, ae, f., = λευκοφρύνη (with white eyebrows), a surname of Diana in Magnesia, Tac. A. 3, 62; Arn. 6, 6.
† leucophthalmos, i, m., = λευκόφθαλμος (white eye), a precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 171.
† leucōpis, ĭdis, f., = λευκῶπις, a plant, called also artemisia, App. Herb. 10.
† leucŏpoecĭlos, i, m., = λευκοποίκιλος (spotted with white), a precious stone, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 171.
† leucos, on, adj., = λευκός, white, Plin. 10, 60, 79, § 164.
Leucŏsĭa, ae, f., = Λευκοσία, a small island off the coast of Lucania, near Pæstum, now Licosa: Leucosiamque petit, tepidique rosaria Paesti, Ov. M. 15, 708; called also Leucothĕa, Mel. 2, 7, 18 (Jahn reads Leucasia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85).
Leucŏsyri, ōrum, m., = Λευκόσυροι, the white Syrians on the shores of the Euxine, afterwards called Cappadocians, Plin. 6, 3, 3, § 9; Curt. 6, 4, 17; Nep. Dat. 1, 1.
Leucŏthĕa, ae, and Leucŏthĕē, ēs, f., = Λευκοθέη.
Leucŏthŏē, ēs, f., daughter of Orchamus, king of Babylon, and Eurynome, Ov. M. 4, 196; 204 sqq.
† leucŏzōmus, a, um, adj., = λευκόζωμος, with white sauce: pullus, Apic. 6, 9, § 254.
† leucrĭon, ii, n., a plant, called also cynoglossa, hound’s-tongue, App. Herb. 96.
leucrŏcŏta (also lĕōcrŏcŏta and leucrŏcŭta), ae, f., a wild beast in India, otherwise unknown, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72; Sol. 52, 34.
Leuctra, ōrum, n. (Leuctrae, ārum. f., Sol. 7), = Λεῦκτρα.
Leucus, i, v. Leuci.
leudus, i, m. (Germ. Lied, Laut), a German song, Ven. Fort. 7, 8, 69.
leuga, ae, v. leuca.
lĕuncŭlus, i, m. dim. [leo], a small lion, Vulg. 3 Reg. 10, 20; id. 1 Par. 28, 17.
† lēus, a, um, adj., = λεῖος, smooth: brassica lea, Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 79.
† leuson, i, n., = λοῦσσον, the inner part of the wood of the fir: (hoc lignum, proximum medullae) in abiete leuson Graeci vocant, Plin. 16, 39, 73, § 187.