ἀλκαία
From LSJ
εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun
English (LSJ)
ἡ
A tail, esp. of lion, Ael.NA5.39, Sch.A.R.4.1614; generally, Com.ib.cit., Call.Fr.317, Opp.H.5.264. II vervain mallow, Malva moschata, Dsc.3.1476:—also ἀλκαῖον, τό, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 99] ἡ, der Schweif des Löwen (Schol. Nic. Th. 123 κυρίως τοῦ λέοντος οὐρὰ ἀλκαία καλεῖται, ὅτι δι' αὐτῆς ἑαυτὸν ἐγείρει εἰς τὴν ἀλκήν), Ael. H. A. 5, 39. 16, 10. Bei Ap. Rh. 4, 1613 u. Nic. Th. 123 steht jetzt ὁλκαίη. Allgemeiner soll es Callim. frg. 317 gebraucht haben. Eigtl. fem. von
