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|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>
|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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English (LSJ)

οῦ, ὁ, Hom. only in Od., in phrase ἀνέρες ἀλφησταί, lit.

   A earners (ἀλφάνω), i.e. enterprising men, Od.1.349, cf. Hes. Op.82; esp. of traders or seafarers, Od.13.261, h.Ap.458; ἑκὰς ἀνδρῶν ἀλφηστάων, of the Phaeacians, Od.6.8.—Ep. word, twice in Trag. (lyr.), A.Th.770, S.Ph.709.    II kind of fish that went in pairs, Labrus cinaedus, Epich.44, Numen. ap. Ath.7.320e: metaph., of lewd men, Sophr.63.

German (Pape)

[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.