Ἀλφιτώ
From LSJ
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
| Full diacritics: Ἀλφῐτώ | Medium diacritics: Ἀλφιτώ | Low diacritics: Αλφιτώ | Capitals: ΑΛΦΙΤΩ |
| Transliteration A: Alphitṓ | Transliteration B: Alphitō | Transliteration C: Alfito | Beta Code: *)alfitw/ |
οῦς, ἡ,
A bugbear with which nurses frightened children, Chrysipp.Stoic.3.77.
Ἀλφιτώ: -όος, συνῃρ. -οῦς, ἡ, ὅμοιον τῷ ἀκκώ, φάντασμα ἢ φόβητρον δι’ οὗ αἱ τροφοὶ συνείθιζον νὰ φοβίζωσι τὰ παιδία, Πλούτ. 2. 1040Β.
