Re: [TIED] alphèstès

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 2440
Date: 2000-05-18

 
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From: Yves Deroubaix
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Subject: [TIED] alphèstès

Afterthought: alphEstEs is sg.; the pl. used by Homer is (aneres)alphEstai 'enterprising people', lit. 'earners'. There is also v. alpha(i)nO (H. uses the 1 sg. aorist Elphon) 'fetch, yield'.
 
Piotr