ἀλφός
ἀλφός, whiteness: white leprosy
ἀλφός, ὁ,
- dull-white leprosy, esp. on the face, Hes. Fr. 29, Thphr. Char. 19.2, LXX Le. 13.39, etc.: pl. in Hp. Aph. 3.20, Pl. Ti. 85a. (Cf. Lat. albus.)
1 lepra o lepra blanca en la cara o cabeza, Hes.Fr.133, Hp.Aff.35, Aph.3.20, Pl.Ti.85a, Thphr.Char.19.2, LXX Le.13.39, Nic.Th.332, Phld.PHerc.1609.8.11 en ZPE 15.298, Aristid.2.408, Luc.DMeretr.11.4, Artem.3.47, Man.5.251, Vett.Val.114.5, Heph.Astr.2.13.17, PRoss.Georg.5.52.3, Hsch., Cels.5.28.19A.
2 morbus sacer, epilepsia, Gloss.4.366.
3 adj. blanco Hsch.
•De *albho- ‘blanco’, ‘blancuzco’ < *Hu̯2elHu̯3-bho-, cf. lat. albus, o. alfu ‘blanco’, het. alpa ‘nube’, cf. tb.
ἀλφός, ή, όν, blanc : ὁ ἀ. dartre blanche et farineuse, Hés. fr. 42 Göttling ; Hpc. Aph. 1248 ; Plat. Tim. 85a, etc.
Étym. cf. lat. albus.
ἀλφός, ὁ, weißer Flecken auf der Haut ; vgl. albus, übh. weiß ; Plat. Tim. 85a vrbdt λευκαὶ καὶ ἀλφοί ; auch Luc. D. Mer. 11 dass., was vorher λευκαί.
ἀλφός
From same Root comes Lat. albus, and also ἄλφιτον, because of the whiteness of meal.
- whiteness: white leprosy, Hes., Plat., etc.