λέαινα
ἐν δὲ τοῖς φυσικοῖς ἀεὶ οὕτως, ἂν μή τι ἐμποδίσῃ → in natural products the sequence is invariable, if there is no impediment | now with that which is natural it is always thus if there is no impediment
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.
