3,277,020
edits
m (LSJ1 replacement) |
|||
Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
|Transliteration C=alfistis | |Transliteration C=alfistis | ||
|Beta Code=a)lfhsth/s | |Beta Code=a)lfhsth/s | ||
|Definition= | |Definition=ἀλφηστοῦ, ὁ, Hom. only in Od., in phrase <b class="b3">ἀνέρες ἀλφησταί</b>, lit.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[earners]] ([[ἀλφάνω]]), i.e. [[enterprising]] men, Od.1.349, cf. Hes. ''Op.''82; especially of [[traders]] or [[seafarers]], Od.13.261, ''h.Ap.''458; <b class="b3">ἑκὰς ἀνδρῶν ἀλφηστάων</b>, of the Phaeacians, Od.6.8.—Ep. word, twice in Trag. (lyr.), A.''Th.''770, S.''Ph.''709.<br><span class="bld">II</span> kind of [[fish]] that went in pairs, [[Labrus cinaedus]], Epich.44, Numen. ap. Ath.7.320e: metaph., of [[lewd men]], Sophr.63. | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{DGE | {{DGE | ||
Line 35: | Line 35: | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{etym | {{etym | ||
|etymtx=-ου<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[grain-eating]] (Od.)<br />Dialectal forms: Dor. <b class="b3"> | |etymtx=-ου<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[grain-eating]] (Od.)<br />Dialectal forms: Dor. <b class="b3">ἀλφηστάς</b> a fish [[Labrus cinaedus]] (Epich.); also calles [[κίναιδος]], cf. Strömberg Fischnamen 56; also Thompson, Fishes.<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: Clearly from [[ἄλφι]], in opposition to [[ὠμηστής]], plus <b class="b2">*h₁ed-</b> [[eat]], in the expression <b class="b3">ἀνέρες ἀλφησταί</b>. In antiquity, strangely enough, not understood, cf. <b class="b3">ἀλφηστῃ̃σι τοῖς εὑρετικοῖς καὶ συνετοῖς</b> H., which is mostly (correctly?) rendered by [[enterprising]] and derived from [[ἀλφάνω]] (which seems also doubtful; the gloss rather means [[intelligent]], and does not refer to [[ἀλφάνω]]). The <b class="b3">-ι-</b> lost for metrical reasons, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 38. | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{mdlsj | {{mdlsj | ||
|mdlsjtxt=[[ἀλφάνω]]<br />[[working]] for one's [[daily]] [[bread]], [[laborious]], [[enterprising]], Od.; especially of trading, [[seafaring]] [[people]], Od. | |mdlsjtxt=[[ἀλφάνω]]<br />[[working]] for one's [[daily]] [[bread]], [[laborious]], [[enterprising]], Od.; especially of trading, [[seafaring]] [[people]], Od. | ||
}} | }} |