ἄλφῐτον, τό,
barley-groats, singular in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] only in phrase ἀλφίτου ἀκτή[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.631, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.355, 14.429, and in Medicine texts, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.507: elsewhere in _plural_ ἄλφιτα, opposed to ἀλείατα, which see, ἄ. μυελὸν ἀνδρῶν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.290, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.119] Refs 8th c.BC+], frequently in Attic dialect; used to sprinkle over roast meat, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.560, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.77] Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially over sacrificial victims, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.429: ἐπ᾽ ἀλφίτου πίνειν] Refs 8th c.BC+] to drink wine with barley-groats in it, [[ 2nd c.BC: Epinicus Comicus 1] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—of this was made a kind of barley-water, πιεῖν ἄλφιτα[[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.10] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, poultices, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.87] Refs 1st c.AD+]: also used as hair-powder by κανηφόροι, [[ 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 26. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II generally, meal, groats, ἄ. πύρινα[[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.)” 53] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. φακῶν καὶ ὀρόβων[[ [prev. author] “Int.” 23; even λίθοιο ἄλφιτα 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 212. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__III metaphorically, one's daily bread, 'bread and cheese', [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 219, “Nu.” 106, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]