λέαινα,ἡ, fem. ofλέων,
A. lioness, Hdt. 3.108 : metaph.,δίπους λ., of Clytaemnestra, A. Ag. 1258 ;λεαίνας μαζὸν ἐθήλαζεν, as a symbol of ferocity, Theoc. 3.15 , cf. 23.19 .
II. λ. ἐπὶ τυροκνήστιδος,
= σχῆμά τι συνουσίας , Ar. Lys. 231 .
III. pl.,women dedicated to Mithras, Porph. Abst. 4.16 (cf.λέωνVI); title of Hecate, ibid.
IV. name of several salves, Orib. Fr. 75 , Aët. 7.86 , Paul.Aeg. 7.17 .