λέαινα

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.