λέαινα, ἡ,
feminine of λέων, lioness, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.108: _metaphorically_, δίπους λ., of Clytaemnestra, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1258 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λεαίνας μαζὸν ἐθήλαζεν, as a symbol of ferocity, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.15, compare 23.19. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II λ. ἐπὶ τυροκνήστιδος, ={σχῆμά τι συνουσίας}, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 231. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III plural, women dedicated to Mithras, [[ 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 4.16 (compare λέων VI); title of Hecate, [prev. passage] ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__IV name of several salves, [[ 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “fragment” 75, 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 7.86, 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 7.17. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]