ἀλφηστής
ἀλφηστής, working for one’s daily bread, laborious, enterprising
- earners (ἀλφάνω), i.e. enterprising men, Od. 1.349, cf. Hes. Op. 82; esp. of traders or seafarers, Od. 13.261, h.Ap. 458; ἑκὰς ἀνδρῶν ἀλφηστάων, of the Phaeacians, Od. 6.8.—Ep. word, twice in Trag. (lyr.), A. Th. 770, S. Ph. 709.
- II kind of fish that went in pairs, Labrus cinaedus, Epich. 44, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.320e: metaph., of lewd men, Sophr. 63.
1 que se gana el sustento, que trabaja para vivir o tal vez cuyo sustento básico es el cereal o concretamente la cebada epít. fijo de los hombres en general
ἀνέρες
• esp. de navegantes y mercaderes Od.6.8, 13.261, h.Ap.458, A.Th.770, cf. Hsch.
2 ict. maragota de la familia de los lábridos Labrus merula L., Epich.13a, Numen.Her.18, cf. Hsch.
• fig.
καταπυγοτέραν τ' ἀλφηστᾶν
•Las interpretaciones oscilan entre considerarlo un deriv. de la raíz de
-οῦ
[ἀλφ-, ἀλφάνω.]
Epithet of men, gain-getting, having to labour for their bread Od. 1.349, Od. 6.8, Od. 13.261.
- working for oneʼs daily bread, laborious, enterprising, Od.; esp. of trading, seafaring people, Od.