leuce

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

† leucē, ēs, f., = λεύκη.

I The spotted dead-nettle : Lamium maculatum, Linn.; Plin. 27, 11, 77, § 102.—

II The white poplar , into which Leuce, the daughter of Oceanus, whom Pluto fell in love with and carried off to the infernal regions, was changed after her death, Serv. Verg. E. 7, 61.—

III A kind of wild radish, horseradish , Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 82.—

IV A kind of white spots on the skin , Cels. 5, 28, 19 (shortly before written as Greek).

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