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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

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|lstext='''ἀλκαία''': ἡ, ἡ οὐρὰ τοῦ λέοντος, Αἰλ. περὶ Ζ. 5. 39., Ὀππ. Ἁ. 5. 264· πρβλ. [[ὁλκαία]].
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|btext=ας (ἡ) :<br />queue d’un animal robuste.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[ἀλκαῖος]].
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Revision as of 19:40, 9 August 2017

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Transliteration A: alkaía Transliteration B: alkaia Transliteration C: alkaia Beta Code: a)lkai/a

English (LSJ)

   A tail, esp. of lion, Ael.NA5.39, Sch.A.R.4.1614; generally, Com.ib.cit., Call.Fr.317, Opp.H.5.264.    II vervain mallow, Malva moschata, Dsc.3.1476:—also ἀλκαῖον, τό, Hsch.

German (Pape)

[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

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀλκαία: ἡ, ἡ οὐρὰ τοῦ λέοντος, Αἰλ. περὶ Ζ. 5. 39., Ὀππ. Ἁ. 5. 264· πρβλ. ὁλκαία.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
queue d’un animal robuste.
Étymologie: ἀλκαῖος.