ἄναλκις

ἄναλκ-ις, ιδος, ὁ, ἡ: acc. -ιδα Il. 8.153, etc., but -ιν Od. 3.375, A. Ag. 1224: (ἀλκή):—

• without strength, impotent, feeble, of unwarlike men, ἀπτόλεμος καὶ ἄ. Il. 2.201, cf. 9.35; κακὸν καὶ ἀνάλκιδα 8.153, 14.126; of the suitors, Od. 4.334; of Aegisthus, 3.310, cf. A. Ag. 1224; of Aphrodite, Il. 5.331; also ἄ. θυμός 16.656; φύζα 15.62; ὁ πάντʼ ἄ. S. El. 301, cf. Hdt. 2.102.

ἄναλκις, ιδος, ohnmächtig, schwach, feig, Hom. öfter, z.B. ἀπτόλεμος καὶ ἄναλκις Il. 2.201 ; κακὸν καὶ ἀνάλκιδα 8.153 ; ἀνδρὸς ἀνάλκιδος οὐτιδανοῖο 11.390 ; ἄναλκις θεός 5.331 ; γυναῖκας ἀνάλκιδας 5.349 ; ἀνάλκιδος αἰγίσθοιο Od. 3.810, vgl. 4.334, 17.125 ; ἀνάλκιδα φύζαν Il. 15.62, θυμόν 16.855 ; αἱρήσει με καὶ ὧς, καὶ ἀνάλκιδα δειροτομήσει Il. 21.555 ; der accus. ἄναλκιν steht bei Hom. nur Od. 3.875 ; sonst bei Pind. Ol. 1.81 ; Aesch. Ag. 1197. – Auch sp.D., wie Man. 3.160.

ἄναλκις

-ιδος, ὁ, ἡ

[ἀν- 1 + ἀλκή.]

Acc. masc. ἄναλκιν Od. 3.375. Incapable of offering defence or resistance, spiritless, cowardly Il. 2.201, Il. 5.331, 349, Il. 8.153, Il. 11.390, Il. 13.104, Il. 16.355, Il. 21.555, etc.: Od. 3.310, 375, Od. 4.334 = Od. 17.125, Od. 9.475.

As epithet of φύζα Il. 15.62.

ἄ˘ναλκις

• 1cowardly ὁ μέγας κίνδυνος ἄναλκιν οὐ φῶτα λαμβάνει O. 1.81 οὐκ ἄναλκις, ὡς τόσον ἀγῶνα δῦναι (“potius ad O. 1.81 referendum” Snell.) ?fr. 342.

ἄναλκις , ιδος, acc. -ιδα (-ιν, Od. 3.375): invalorous, cowardly.

ἄναλκις ἀλκή

• without strength, impotent, feeble, of unwarlike persons, Hom., Aesch., etc.