ἄλκη
Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A elk, Paus.5.12.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 100] ἡ, das Elch, Elenthier, Paus. 5, 12, 1.
Spanish (DGE)
-ης, ἡ
alce ἄλκαι ... κέρατα ἐπὶ ταῖς ὄφρυσιν ἔχουσιν Paus.5.12.1.
• Etimología: Al igual que lat. alce, alces es un préstamo del germánico, cf. anord. elgr, aaa. ëlho, ags. eolh, ai. ṛśya-.
Frisk Etymological English
2.
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: elk (Paus. )
Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [302] *h₁el- red, brown
Etymology: Like Lat. alcēs, alcē (Caesar), a loan from Germanic. Cf. ON elgr from PGm. *alʒí-, beside which a form with initial stress, PGm. *álχ-, is supposed on which alcēs and ἄλκη go back. The West-Germanic form has e-: OHG. elahho > NHG Elch, OE eolh, and has a different stem, PGm. *élχa(n)-. Slavic forms like Russ. losь elk suppose PIE *olḱis , which are compared with ON elgr. - One connects the root with a great number of words for animals , e. g. ἔλαφος (q. v.), see Pok. 302, and assumes that the root indicated a colour; what Frisk called "sehr hypothetisch und unwahrscheinlich." - I think that an IE word or root must be doubted; it may well be a loan from a non-IE language.
