ἄλφῐτον,τό,
A. barley-groats,sg. in Hom. only in phrase ἀλφίτου ἀκτή
Il. 11.631
, Od. 2.355 , 14.429 , and Medic., Gal. 6.507 : elsewh. in pl.ἄλφιτα,opp.ἀλείατα,q. v., ἄ. μυελὸν ἀνδρῶν
Od. 2.290
, al., Hdt. 7.119 , freq. in Att. ; used to sprinkle over roast meat, Il. 18.560 , cf. Od. 14.77 ; esp. over sacrificial victims, Od. 14.429 :ἐπ' ἀλφίτου πίνεινto drink wine withbarley-groatsin it, Epin. 1 :—of this was made a kind ofbarley-water,
πιεῖν ἄλφιτα
Hp. Epid. 5.10
; also,poultices,
Dsc. 4.87 : also used ashair-powderbyκανηφόροι,
Hermipp. 26 .
II. generally,meal, groats,
ἄ. πύρινα
Hp.
Acut.(Sp.)