ἄλπνιστος
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
English (LSJ)
η, ον, Sup. of ἄλπνος (only in compd. ἔπαλπνος, q.v.),
A sweetest, loveliest, Pi.I.5(4).12; cf. ἀλπαλέον (cod. -αῖον) · ἀγαπητόν, Hsch. (Cf. ἔλπω (ϝέλπω), Lat. volup.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 109] superl. von ἄλπνος (das nur in der Zusammensetzung ἔπαλπνος vorkommt), ζωᾶς ἄωτον Pind. I. 4, 14, süß, lieblich (die Ableitung ist zw., gew. von ἔλπω, ἀλφεῖν, θάλπω).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄλπνιστος: -η, -ον, ὑπερθ. τοῦ ἄλπνος, (ἀπαντῶν μόνον ἐν τῷ συνθέτῳ ἔπαλπνος, ὃ ἴδε) = ἥδιστος, γλυκύτατος, φίλτατος, Πινδ. Ι. 5. 14: Ὁ Ἡσύχ. ἀναφέρει ἀλπαλέον, (χειρόγρ. -αῖον), ἀγαπητόν· ἐκ τοῦ ἔλπω (Fέλπω) Λατ. volup.
