Ἀλφιτώ

Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

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Full diacritics: Ἀλφῐτώ	Medium diacritics: Ἀλφιτώ	Low diacritics: Αλφιτώ	Capitals: ΑΛΦΙΤΩ
Transliteration A: Alphitṓ	Transliteration B: Alphitō	Transliteration C: Alfito	Beta Code: *)alfitw/

English (LSJ)

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.

οῦς (ἡ) :
Alphitô, « l’enfarinée », mannequin de femme pour effrayer les enfants.
Étymologie: ἄλφιτον.
Par. Ἀκκώ.

-οῦς, ἡ
Alfito muñeca que se usaba para asustar a los niños, Plu.2.1040b.