ἀλφ-ηστής,οῦ,ὁ, Hom. only in Od. , in phraseἀνέρες ἀλφησταί,lit.
A. earners(ἀλφάνω), i.e.enterprisingmen, Od. 1.349 , cf. Hes. Op. 82 ; esp. oftradersorseafarers,
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 offishthat went in pairs,Labrus cinaedus,
Epich. 44 , Numen. ap. Ath. 7.320e : metaph., oflewd men,
Sophr. 63 .