Ἀλκαία
tail
Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 May 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
"But the dragon, being very great in size, maimed the lion with his tail. The lion was in pain and roused himself to ward [him] off with his tail." The Logothete says [this] in the Life of St Marcellus.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλκαία· ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν δράκων μεγέθει μέγιστος ὢν τῷ οὐραίῳ τὸν λέοντα κατῃκίζετο. ὁ δὲ λέων ἤλγει μὲν καὶ τῇ ἀλκαίᾳ πρὸς ἄμυναν διηγείρετο. ὁ Λογοθέτης φησὶν ἐν τῷ τοῦ ὁσίου Μαρκέλλου βίῳ.
Betacode
*)alkai/a: a)ll' o( me\n dra/kwn mege/qei me/gistos w)\n tw=| ou)rai/w| to\n le/onta kath|ki/zeto. o( de\ le/wn h)/lgei me\n kai\ th=| a)lkai/a| pro\s a)/munan dihgei/reto. o( *logoqe/ths fhsi\n e)n tw=| tou= o(si/ou *marke/llou bi/w|.