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ἀλκαία

alkaia · ἡ

tail, vervain mallow, Malva moschata

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What it meant

ἀλκαία · alkaia — LSJ

tail

tail, esp. of lion, Ael. NA 5.39, Sch. A.R. 4.1614; generally, Com. ib. cit., Call. Fr. 317, Opp. H. 5.264.

II vervain mallow, Malva moschata

vervain mallow, Malva moschata, Dsc. 3.1476:—also ἀλκαῖον, τό, Hsch.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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