ἄλκη

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δυοῖν κακοῖν προκειμένοιν τὸ μὴ χεῖρον βέλτιστον → the lesser of two evils, the less bad thing of a pair of bad things, better the devil you know, better the devil you know than the devil you don't, better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, better the devil you know than the one you don't, better the devil you know than the one you don't know, the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't

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Full diacritics: ἄλκη Medium diacritics: ἄλκη Low diacritics: άλκη Capitals: ΑΛΚΗ
Transliteration A: álkē Transliteration B: alkē Transliteration C: alki Beta Code: a)/lkh

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.

Frisk Etymology German

ἄλκη: 2.
{álkē}
Meaning: Elch (Paus. 5, 12, 1; 9, 21, 3).
Etymology : Wie lat. alcēs, alcē (seit Caesar) aus dem Germanischen entlehnt. Am nächsten steht ano. elgr aus urg. *alʒí-, woneben eine Form mit Anlautsbetonung anzunehmen ist, urg. *álχ-, auf die alcēs und ἄλκη zurückgehen. Die westgermanische Form lautet dagegen mit e- an: ahd. elho > nhd. Elch, ags. eolh, und weicht auch in der Stammbildung ab, urg. *élχa(n)-. Slavische Formen wie russ. losь Elch führen auf idg. *olḱis zurück und können also mit ano. elgr identisch sein. Eine dritte Ablautsform wird in aind. ŕ̥śya- Antilopenbock vermutet. — Unter Abtrennung eines suffixalen -- wird ἄλκη ebenso wie eine Menge anderer Wörter, u. a. ἔλαφος (s. d.), sehr hypothetisch und unwahrscheinlich auf eine idg. "Farbwurzel" *el-, *ol- rot, braun zurückgeführt, WP. 1, 154f., Pok. 302ff., W.-Hofmann s. alcēs mit Lit. Noch kühnere Kombinationen bei Specht Ursprung 113ff.
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