ἀλφός
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀλφός
ἀλφοῦ
Structure:
ἀλφ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Etym.: From same Root comes Lat. albus, and also a)/lfiton, because of the whiteness of meal.
Sense
- a type of skin disease, typified by dull white lesions.
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- Τοῦ μὲν γὰρ ἦροσ, τὰ μανικὰ, καὶ τὰ μελαγχολικὰ, καὶ τὰ ἐπιληπτικὰ, καὶ αἵματοσ Ῥύσιεσ, καὶ κυνάγχαι, καὶ κόρυζαι, καὶ βράγχοι, καὶ βῆχεσ, καὶ λέπραι, καὶ λειχῆνεσ, καὶ ἀλφοὶ, καὶ ἐξανθήσιεσ ἑλκώδεεσ πλεῖσται, καὶ φύματα, καὶ ἀρθριτικά. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., AFORISMOI., 31.21)
- κεράμιόν τε γὰρ πωλοῦσι τιμῆσ, ὅσην οὐκ ἂν ἑκατόμβη βούπρῳροσ ἄλφοι κατακοπεῖσα. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 10:14)
- τόν κεν ἄγοιμ’ ἐπὶ νηόσ, ὁ δ’ ὑμῖν μυρίον ὦνον ἄλφοι, ὅπῃ περάσητε κατ’ ἀλλοθρόουσ ἀνθρώπουσ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 15 57:8)
- "ὢ πόποι, οἰο͂ν ἐείπε κύων ὀλοφώϊα εἰδώσ, τόν ποτ’ ἐγὼν ἐπὶ νηὸσ ἐϋσσέλμοιο μελαίνησ ἄξω τῆλ’ Ἰθάκησ, ἵνα μοι βίοτον πολὺν ἄλφοι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 17 36:2)
- τοὺσ ξείνουσ ἐν νηὶ̈ πολυκληῖ̈δι βαλόντεσ ἐσ Σικελοὺσ πέμψωμεν, ὅθεν κέ τοι ἄξιον ἄλφοι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 20 63:5)
