ἀλφηστής

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.