α1451Ἄλφι
barley-meal
[a)/lfi is short for] a)/lfiton. This [sc. cutting-off the end of a word] is called bitten-off, which they say Epicharmus first discovered.
Ἄλφι· ἄλφιτον. τοῦτο δὲ καλεῖται ἀπότρωκτον, ὅ φασι πρῶτον εὑρεῖν Ἐπίχαρμον.