ἀλφηστής
alphestes
earners
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀλφηστής, οῦ, ὁ, only in Od., in phrase ἀνέρες ἀλφησταί, lit. A. earners (ἀλφάνω), i.e. enterprising men, Od. 1.349, cf. 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.), Th. 770, Ph. 709. II. kind of fish that went in pairs, Labrus cinaedus, 44, ap. 7.320e: metaph., of lewd men, 63.
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