ἀλφάνω: Difference between revisions

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