[Meaning] she who finds oxen.
*)alfesi/boia: eu(retikh\ bow=n.
Same entry in ps.-
Zonaras and, according to Adler, the
Ambrosian Lexicon.
The headword term occurs first (as a nominative plural) in
Homer,
Iliad 18.593, of virgin girls; they are "oxen-producing" in the sense of being likely to attract suitors who bring oxen as presents. See generally LSJ s.v. Alphesiboia is also a proper name (that of the mother of Adonis) in mythology.
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