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|Transliteration C=alfistis
|Transliteration C=alfistis
|Beta Code=a)lfhsth/s
|Beta Code=a)lfhsth/s
|Definition=οῦ, ὁ, Hom. only in Od., in phrase <b class="b3">ἀνέρες ἀλφησταί</b>, lit. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[earners]] (ἀλφάνω), i.e. [[enterprising]] men, <span class="bibl">Od.1.349</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>82</span>; esp. of [[traders]] or [[seafarers]], <span class="bibl">Od.13.261</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>458</span>; <b class="b3">ἑκὰς ἀνδρῶν ἀλφηστάων</b>, of the Phaeacians, <span class="bibl">Od.6.8</span>.—Ep. word, twice in Trag. (lyr.), <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>770</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>709</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> kind of [[fish]] that went in pairs, [[Labrus cinaedus]], <span class="bibl">Epich.44</span>, Numen. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.7.320e</span>: metaph., of [[lewd men]], <span class="bibl">Sophr.63</span>.</span>
|Definition=οῦ, ὁ, Hom. only in Od., in phrase <b class="b3">ἀνέρες ἀλφησταί</b>, lit. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[earners]] (ἀλφάνω), i.e. [[enterprising]] men, <span class="bibl">Od.1.349</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>82</span>; esp. of [[traders]] or [[seafarers]], <span class="bibl">Od.13.261</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>458</span>; <b class="b3">ἑκὰς ἀνδρῶν ἀλφηστάων</b>, of the Phaeacians, <span class="bibl">Od.6.8</span>.—Ep. word, twice in Trag. (lyr.), <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>770</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>709</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> kind of [[fish]] that went in pairs, [[Labrus cinaedus]], <span class="bibl">Epich.44</span>, Numen. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.7.320e</span>: metaph., of [[lewd men]], <span class="bibl">Sophr.63</span>.</span>
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