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|Full diacritics=ἀλκαία
|Medium diacritics=ἀλκαία
|Low diacritics=αλκαία
|Capitals=ΑΛΚΑΙΑ
|Transliteration A=alkaía
|Transliteration B=alkaia
|Transliteration C=alkaia
|Beta Code=a)lkai/a
|Definition=ἡ <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">tail</b>, esp. of lion, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>5.39</span>, Sch.<span class="bibl">A.R.4.1614</span>; generally, Com.ib.cit., <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>317</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>5.264</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">vervain mallow, Malva moschata</b>, Dsc.3.1476:—also ἀλκαῖον, τό, Hsch.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0099.png Seite 99]] ἡ, der Schweif des Löwen (Schol. Nic. Th. 123 [[κυρίως]] τοῦ λέοντος οὐρὰ [[ἀλκαία]] καλεῖται, ὅτι δι' αὐτῆς ἑαυτὸν ἐγείρει εἰς τὴν ἀλκήν), Ael. H. A. 5, 39. 16, 10. Bei Ap. Rh. 4, 1613 u. Nic. Th. 123 steht jetzt ὁλκαίη. Allgemeiner soll es Callim. frg. 317 gebraucht haben. Eigtl. fem. von
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