ἄλφι
From LSJ
γυνὴ γὰρ οἴκῳ πῆμα καὶ σωτηρία → bane and salvation to a house is woman, bane or salvation to a house is woman, for a woman is disaster and salvation for the house
English (LSJ)
τό, poet. indecl. abbrev. of
A ἄλφιτον, ἄλφι καὶ ὕδωρ h.Cer.208, cf. Str.8.5.3, EM769.39.
German (Pape)
[Seite 112] τό, abgekürzt für ἄλφιτον, H. h. Cer. 208; Antimach. u. Epicharm. in VLL.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄλφῐ: τό, ποιητ. ἄκλ. συντετμημ. τύπος τοῦ ἄλφιτον, ἄλφι καὶ ὕδωρ, Ὕμν. Ὁμ. εἰς Δήμ. 208, πρβλ. Στράβ. 364, Ἐτυμ. Μ. 769. 39· πρβλ. ὡσαύτως κρῖ ἀντὶ κριθή, κτλ.