λέαινα

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Transliteration A: léaina Transliteration B: leaina Transliteration C: leaina Beta Code: le/aina

English (LSJ)

ἡ, fem. of λέων,

   A lioness, Hdt.3.108: metaph., δίπους λ., of Clytaemnestra, A.Ag.1258; λεαίνας μαζὸν ἐθήλαζεν, as a symbol of ferocity, Theoc.3.15, cf.23.19.    II λ. ἐπὶ τυροκνήστιδος, = σχῆμά τι συνουσίας, Ar.Lys.231.    III pl., women dedicated to Mithras, Porph.Abst.4.16 (cf. λέων VI); title of Hecate, ibid.    IV name of several salves, Orib.Fr.75, Aët.7.86, Paul.Aeg.7.17.

German (Pape)

[Seite 21] ἡ, fem. zu λέων, die Löwinn, Her. 3, 108 u. A. Uebertr. bei den Tragg., αὕτη δίπους λέαινα συγκοιμωμένη λύκῳ Aesch. Ag. 1258; – λέαινα ἐπὶ τυροκνήστιδος, σχῆμά τι συνουσίας, VLL. aus Ar. Lys. 231.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

λέαινα: ἡ, θηλ. τοῦ λέων, Ἡρόδ. 3. 108· μεταφ., δίπους λ., ἡ Κλυταιμνήστρα, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 1258· λέαινας μαζὸν ἐθήλαζε, ὡς σύμβολον ἀγριότητος, Θεόκρ. 3. 15. ΙΙ. σχῆμά τι συνουσίας, Ἀριστοφ. Λυσ. 231.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ης (ἡ) :
lionne.
Étymologie: fém. de λέων.