ἀλφηστής

A. earners (ἀλφάνω), i.e. enterprising men, Od. 1.349, cf. Hes. Op. 82; esp. of traders or seafarers, 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 of fish that went in pairs, Labrus cinaedus, Epich. 44, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.320e: metaph., of lewd men, Sophr. 63.