ἀλφεσίβοιος

ἀλφεσίβοιος, α, ον,

• bringing in oxen, παρθένοι ἀ. maidens who yield their parents many oxen as presents from their suitors, i.e. much-courted, Il. 18.593, h.Ven. 119; ὕδωρ ἀ., of the Nile, water that yields fat oxen (by enriching pastures), A. Supp. 855 (lyr.); Πειρήνης ἀ. ὕδωρ Alex.Aet. 3.8: pr. n. Ἀλφεσίβοια used at beginning of trim., S. Fr. 880.

ἀλφεσίβοιος, α, ον (vgl. ἀλφάνω),
1) παρθένοι, Hom. einmal, Il. 18.593 ἠίθεοι καὶ παρθένοι ἀλφεσίβοιαι, Rinder einbringende, für welche ihre Freier viele Rinder als Brautgeschenke darbringen, Scholl. Aristonic. Il. 11.244 ἡ διπλῆ, ὅτι θρέμματα ἐδίδοσαν οἱ μνηστευόμενοι πρὸς τὴν ἐξήγησιν τῶν ἀλφεσβοίων παρθένων, ὅτι εἰσὶν αἱ ἀλφαίνουσαι βόας, ὅ ἐστιν εὑρίσκουσαι, vgl. Scholl. 18.593, Apoll. Lex.Hom. 23.32 u. s. Lehrs Aristarch. p. 198 ; – h.Ven. 119.
2) ὕδωρ, rindernährendes oder (Rinder einbringendes, d.i.) die Wiesen befruchtendes Wasser, Aesch. Suppl. 835 ; Alex.Aet. 5.8.

ἀλφεσίβοιος

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[ἀλθε-, ἀλθάνω + -σι- + βοῦς.]

Bringing (her parents many) oxen (as bride-price) Il. 18.593.

ἀλφεσίβοιος (ἀλφάνω, βοῦς): earning cattle, epith. of maidens, whose parents, when the daughter is married, receive presents of cattle from the bridegroom, Il. 18.593†. See ἕδνα.

ἀλφεσίβοιος ἀλφάνω, βοῦς

• bringing in oxen, παρθένοι ἀλφεσίβοιαι maidens whose parents receive many oxen as presents from their suitors, i. e. much-courted, Il.