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alpha | beta (noun N) = 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 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.
* 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 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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