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Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀν- (an-) + ἀλκή (alkḗ, “strength, force”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /á.nal.kis/ → /ˈa.nal.cis/ → /ˈa.nal.cis/
Adjective
ἄναλκις • (ánalkis) m or f (neuter —); third declension
- weak, feeble, ineffectual
- cowardly, invalorous
Declension
Further reading
- “ἄναλκις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄναλκις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄναλκις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄναλκις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἄναλκις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄναλκις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- cowardly idem, page 181.
- faint idem, page 302.
- feeble idem, page 313.
- infirm idem, page 438.
- languid idem, page 475.
- limp idem, page 492.
- nerveless idem, page 556.
- powerless idem, page 631.
- timid idem, page 876.
- weak idem, page 969.