ἀλφηστής
ἀλφ-ηστής,
οῦ,
ὁ,
Hom. only in
Od., in phrase
ἀνέρες ἀλφησταί, lit.
A). earners (
ἀλφάνω), i.e.
enterprising men,
Od. 1.349 , cf.
Hes. Op. 82 ; esp. of
traders or
seafarers, Od. 13.261 ,
h.Ap. 458 ;
ἑκὰς ἀνδρῶν ἀλφηστάων, of the Phaeacians,
Od. 6.8 .— Ep. word, twice in Trag. (lyr.),
A. Th. 770 ,
S. Ph. 709 .
ShortDef
working for one's daily bread, laborious, enterprising
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἀλφηστής
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αλφηστης
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-4764
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀλφ-ηστής</span>, <span class="itype greek">οῦ</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> only in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span></span>, in phrase <span class="foreign greek">ἀνέρες ἀλφησταί,</span> lit. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">earners</span> (<span class="etym greek">ἀλφάνω</span>), i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">enterprising</span> men, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:349" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.349/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.349 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 82 </a>; esp. of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">traders</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seafarers,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:261" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.261/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 13.261 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg003.perseus-grc1:458" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg003.perseus-grc1:458/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Ap.</span> 458 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἑκὰς ἀνδρῶν ἀλφηστάων,</span> of the Phaeacians, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 6.8 </a>.— Ep. word, twice in Trag. (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:770" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:770/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 770 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:709" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:709/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 709 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fish</span> that went in pairs, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Labrus cinaedus,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epich.</span> 44 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Numen.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:320e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.320e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 7.320e </a>: metaph., of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lewd men,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0524.tlg001:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0524.tlg001:63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sophr.</span> 63 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}