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Ἀλφηστής · enterprising (α 1450) · Suda

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α1446brings in, yields, fetches [a price]
α1447oxen-producing
α1448Alpheios, Alpheus
α1449Alpheios, Alpheus
α1450enterprising
α1451barley-meal
α1452barley-meal
α1453barley-meal-dealers
α1454barley-millers

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Ἀλφηστής

enterprising

Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Jun 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
epic

2 words

Translation

[Meaning] inventive.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀλφηστής· εὑρετής.

Betacode

*)alfhsth/s: eu(reth/s.

Notes

Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; and cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 13.261, where the accusative plural of the headword occurs.

Neighbouring entries

α1448ἈλφειόςAlpheios, Alpheus α1449ἈλφειόςAlpheios, Alpheus α1450Ἀλφηστήςenterprising α1451Ἄλφιbarley-meal α1452Ἄλφιταbarley-meal

Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Jun 2015

14 Jun 2015Revised — David Whitehead
11 Feb 2012expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
17 Jun 2001added note and keyword — David Whitehead
8 Jun 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀλφηστής (Adler number alpha 1450), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 8 Jun 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1450

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗