alpha

alpha, n. indecl., = ἄλφα,

• the Greek name of the first letter of the alphabet: hoc discunt ante alpha et beta, before their letters, before they learn to read, Juv. 14, 209. —Hence, prov., the first in any thing (as beta was the second): alpha paenulatorum ... beta togatorum, Mart. 5, 26; so by character instead of name: Ego sum Α et Ω, principium et finis, Vulg. Apoc. 1, 8; 21, 6; 22, 13.

alpha, n. indecl. (ἄλφα), das Alpha, Name des ersten Buchstaben des griechischen Alphabets, Tert. praescr. adv. haeret. c. 50. Boëth. inst. music. 4, 3. p. 310 Fr.: dah. hoc discunt ante alpha et beta, noch vor dem Abece, noch ehe sie lesen lernen, Iuven. 14, 209. – Sprichw. = der (die, das) Erste u. Vollkommenste in seiner Art, alpha paenulatorum, Mart. 2, 57, 4; 5, 26, 1: alpha et Ω cognominatus (Christus), alles in allem, Prud. cath. 9, 11.

alpha [ἄλφα] , first letter of Greek alphabet. b beginning. unde ~a describitur per designacionem linearum, quia hec littera unitatem signat apud Grecos Bart. Angl. XIX 123; 1250 j magnus saphirus cum ~a et O Pipe 94 r. 7; potest ipsilo consequi ~a, sic αυ Bacon Maj. I 76.  b alfa i. initium, angin Ælf. Gl..

alphă, (16) n. , ind., lettre α grecque : Juv. 14, 209 ; [fig.] alpha pænulatorum Mart. 2, 57, 4, le premier des gueux.

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alpha n

• indecl., ἄλφα, the first letter of the Greek alphabet: hoc discunt ante alpha et beta, i. e. before the alphabet, Iu.