ἀλκί
From LSJ
οἴνῳ τὸν οἶνον ἐξελαύνειν → chase out the wine with wine, take a hair of the dog that bit you, try to drive out the wine with wine
English (LSJ)
[ῐ], metapl. poet. dat. of ἀλκή,
A might, strength: λέων ὣς ἀλκὶ πεποιθώς Il.5.299, cf. Od.6.130, Thgn.949; of Hector, Il.18.158, cf. Nonn.D.39.34, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 100] dat. vom veralteten ἄλξ, s. ἀλκή.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀλκί: [ῐ], ποιητ. δοτικὴ τοῦ ἀλκὴ κατὰ μεταπλασμὸν = ἰσχύϊ, δυνάμει: ὁ Ὅμ. ἔχει τὸν τύπον ἐν τῇ φράσει ἀλκὶ πεποιθὼς (πεντάκις) ἐπὶ ἀγρίων θηρίων καὶ ἅπαξ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἕκτορος, Ἰλ. Σ. 158, πρβλ Θέογν. 949.
