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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

  1. 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.

Examples

  • τὸ δὲ ταῖσ διαφθοραῖσ ταύταισ νομίζειν ἐνεῖναί τι χρηστὸν ἢ κεχαρισμένον παραπλήσιόν ἐστιν ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ κἀν τοῖσ σώμασι τοὺσ μὲν φθόῃ κάμνοντασ καὶ τοὺσ ὑδεριῶντασ καὶ τοὺσ ἀλφοῖσ ἢ λέπρᾳ ποικίλουσ, τούτουσ μὲν ὡσ ἥδιστα κατεσκευάσθαι φάσκοιμεν καὶ πολλοὺσ ἐπιθυμητὰσ ἔχειν, οἷσ οὐδ’ ἀπαντῆσαι πρῶτον οὐδ’ ἂν εἷσ δέξαιτο, τοὺσ δ’ ὁμοῦ τῷ τῆσ ὑγιείασ ἀγαθῷ καὶ πρὸσ ἔσχατα κάλλουσ τετιμημένουσ ἔλαττον ἔχειν τούτων πειθοίμεθα. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 8:6)

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