Φειδαλφίτως

frugally, thriftily

Translated by David Whitehead8 Dec 2010Vetting: high6 revisions

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[sc. An adverb formed] out of the [noun] alphiton ["barley"]. That is sparingly of the alphita ["barley-meal"].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φειδαλφίτως· ἐκ τοῦ ἄλφιτον. ὅ ἐστι πεφεισμένως τῶν ἀλφίτων.

Betacode

*feidalfi/tws: e)k tou= a)/lfiton. o(/ e)sti pefeisme/nws tw=n a)lfi/twn.

Attested only in grammars and lexica. (Untranslatable into English, except by changing the foodstuff, e.g. cheese-paringly.)
For the cognate verb see Comica adespota fr. 1187 Kock, now 684 K.-A.
cf. generally alpha 1451, alpha 1452, alpha 1453, alpha 1454, alpha 1455, alpha 1456.

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