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|Full diacritics=ἀλφηστής
|Medium diacritics=ἀλφηστής
|Low diacritics=αλφηστής
|Capitals=ΑΛΦΗΣΤΗΣ
|Transliteration A=alphēstḗs
|Transliteration B=alphēstēs
|Transliteration C=alfistis
|Beta Code=a)lfhsth/s
|Definition=οῦ, ὁ, Hom. only in Od., in phrase <b class="b3">ἀνέρες ἀλφησταί</b>, lit. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">earners</b> (ἀλφάνω), i.e. <b class="b2">enterprising</b> men, <span class="bibl">Od.1.349</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>82</span>; esp. of <b class="b2">traders</b> or <b class="b2">seafarers</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.13.261</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>458</span>; <b class="b3">ἑκὰς ἀνδρῶν ἀλφηστάων</b>, of the Phaeacians, <span class="bibl">Od.6.8</span>.—Ep. word, twice in Trag. (lyr.), <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>770</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>709</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> kind of <b class="b2">fish</b> that went in pairs, <b class="b2">Labrus cinaedus</b>, <span class="bibl">Epich.44</span>, Numen. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.7.320e</span>: metaph., of <b class="b2">lewd men</b>, <span class="bibl">Sophr.63</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0112.png Seite 112]] οῦ, ὁ, Bdtg nicht sicher, verw. mit [[ἀλφάνω]], wahrscheinl. = betriebsam; Hom. dreimal, Od. 6, 8 εἷσεν δὲ Σχερίῃ, ἑκὰς ἀνδρῶν ἀλφηστάων; 13, 261 ὃς ἐν Κρήτῃ εὐρείῃ ἀνέρας ἀλφηστὰς νίκα ταχέεσσι πόδεσσιν; 1, 349 [[Ζεύς]], ὅς τε δίδωσιν ἀνδράσιν ἀλφηστῇσιν, [[ὅπως]] ἐθέλῃσιν, ἑκάστῳ; – H. Apoll. 458; Hes. Sc. 29 Th. 512 O. 82; Aesch. Sept. 770 ch.; Soph. Phil. 707 ch.
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