1. ἀλφηστής · alphēstēs — Beekes
grain-eating
The corpus record
ἀλφ-ηστής
alphestes
grain-eating
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Distribution
- Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
- Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
- Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
- Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
- Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
- Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
Senses
2. ἀλφηστής · alphēstēs — Chantraine
οῦὔ : m
3. ἀλφ-ηστής · alph-ēstēs — LSJ
earners, enterprising, traders
Attestations
- ἀλφηστῇσιν · alphēstēisin Odyssey 1.349
- ἀλφηστάων · alphēstaōn Odyssey 6.8
- ἀλφηστὰς · alphēstas Odyssey 13.261
- ἀλφηστῇσιν · alphēstēisin Theogony 510–512
- ἀλφηστῇσιν · alphēstēisin Works and Days 77–82
- ἀλφηστῇσιν · alphēstēisin Shield of Heracles 27–29
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