ἀλφάνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰν] ([[ἀλφαίνω]] <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>72.39</span>, <span class="bibl">Aët.13.133</span>), Hom. only in aor. 2 [[ἦλφον]], cf. <span class="title">IG</span>1.53a15, Plu.2.668c: pres., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>297</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>326</span> (nowhere else in Trag.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>324</span>, <span class="bibl">Eup.258</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.362</span>:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[bring in]], [[yield]], [[fetch]], ἵνα μοι βίοτον πολὺν ἄλφοι <span class="bibl">Od.17.250</span>; ὁ δ' ὑμῖν μυρίον ὦνον ἄλφοι <span class="bibl">15.452</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">20.383</span>; ἑκατόμβοιον δέ τοι ἦλφον <span class="bibl">Il.21.79</span>; <b class="b3">ὁπόσην ἂν ἄλφῃ μίσθωσιν τὸ τέμενος</b> <span class="title">IG</span> [[l.c.]], cf. Plu. [[l.c.]]: metaph., <b class="b3">φθόνον ἀλφάνειν</b> to [[incur]] [[envy]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>297</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[ἐναλλάσσω]], [[change]], Aët. [[l.c.]] (cf. Skt. arghás '[[price]]').</span>