ἀναλκείη
From LSJ
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
ion.
faiblesse, lâcheté.
Étymologie: ἀ, ἀλκή.
English (Autenrieth)
(ἀλκή): want of valor; only ἀναλκείῃσι δαμέντες, overcome by their cowardice. (Il.)
Spanish (DGE)
-ης, ἡ
flaqueza de ánimo, cobardía ἀναλκείῃσι δαμέντες Il.6.74, 17.320, cf. 337, οἴ μοι ἀναλκείης Thgn.891, ὅττι κεν ᾖσιν ἀναλκείῃσιν ἔρεξαν A.R.2.145, ἀναλκείην τε λέλογχ- Dionysius epicus 32a.13.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀναλκείη: ἡ (только dat. pl. ἀναλκεὶῃσι) бессилие, слабость, тж. робость Hom.
