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ἀλφαίνω

From LSJ

Ῥᾴθυμος ἐὰν ᾖς, πλούσιος πένης ἔσῃ → Si dives es pigerque, mox iners eris → Dein Leichtsinn macht alsbald dich arm, seist du auch reich

Menander, Monostichoi, 472

Spanish (DGE)

ganar, obtener, EM 964, cf. Hsch.s.u. ἀλφάνει.

German (Pape)

= ἀλφάνω, Vetera Lexica.