λευκόχρυσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λευκός (leukós, “white”) +‎ χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /leu̯.kó.kʰryː.sos/ → /leɸˈko.xry.sos/ → /lefˈko.xri.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /leu̯.kó.kʰryː.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lewˈko.kʰry.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leɸˈko.xry.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lefˈko.xry.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lefˈko.xri.sos/

Noun

λευκόχρῡσος • (leukókhrūsos) f (genitive λευκοχρῡ́σου); second declension

1. kind of gem of a pale gold color

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ λευκόχρῡσος; τῆς λευκοχρῡ́σου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λευκόχρῡσος hē leukókhrūsos	τὼ λευκοχρῡ́σω tṑ leukokhrū́sō	αἱ λευκόχρῡσοι hai leukókhrūsoi
Genitive	τῆς λευκοχρῡ́σου tês leukokhrū́sou	τοῖν λευκοχρῡ́σοιν toîn leukokhrū́soin	τῶν λευκοχρῡ́σων tôn leukokhrū́sōn
Dative	τῇ λευκοχρῡ́σῳ têi leukokhrū́sōi	τοῖν λευκοχρῡ́σοιν toîn leukokhrū́soin	ταῖς λευκοχρῡ́σοις taîs leukokhrū́sois
Accusative	τὴν λευκόχρῡσον tḕn leukókhrūson	τὼ λευκοχρῡ́σω tṑ leukokhrū́sō	τᾱ̀ς λευκοχρῡ́σους tā̀s leukokhrū́sous
Vocative	λευκόχρῡσε leukókhrūse	λευκοχρῡ́σω leukokhrū́sō	λευκόχρῡσοι leukókhrūsoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: λευκόχρυσος (lefkóchrysos)
• → Latin: leucochrȳsos

Further reading

• “λευκόχρυσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λευκόχρυσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

λευκός (lefkós, “white”) +‎ χρυσός (chrysós, “gold”)

Noun

λευκόχρυσος • (lefkóchrysos) m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) platinum

Declension

Declension of λευκόχρυσος

	singular
nominative	λευκόχρυσος (lefkóchrysos)
genitive	λευκόχρυσου (lefkóchrysou)
accusative	λευκόχρυσο (lefkóchryso)
vocative	λευκόχρυσε (lefkóchryse)

Coordinate terms

• Appendix:Greek names for chemical elements

Further reading

• λευκόχρυσος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el