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|astxt=Α, α, [[ἄλφα]] (q.v.), τό, indecl., <br />alpha, the [[first]] [[letter]] of the Greek [[alphabet]]. As a [[numeral]], ά = 1, α = 1000. As a prefix, it appears to [[have]] at [[least]] [[two]] and [[perhaps]] [[three]] [[distinct]] senses:<br /><b class="num">1.</b>ἀ- ([[before]] a vowel, ἀν-) [[negative]], as in ἄ-γνωστος, ἄ-δικος. <br /><b class="num">2.</b>ἀ-, ἁ- copulative, indicating [[community]] and fellowship, as in ἁ-[[πλοῦς]], ἀ-κολουθέω, ἀ-δελφός. <br /><b class="num">3.</b>An intensive [[force]] (LS, s. α), as in ἀ-τενίζω is [[sometimes]] [[assumed]] ([[but]] v. Boisacq, s.v.). | |astxt=Α, α, [[ἄλφα]] (q.v.), τό, indecl., <br />alpha, the [[first]] [[letter]] of the Greek [[alphabet]]. As a [[numeral]], ά = 1, α = 1000. As a prefix, it appears to [[have]] at [[least]] [[two]] and [[perhaps]] [[three]] [[distinct]] senses:<br /><b class="num">1.</b>ἀ- ([[before]] a vowel, ἀν-) [[negative]], as in ἄ-γνωστος, ἄ-δικος. <br /><b class="num">2.</b>ἀ-, ἁ- copulative, indicating [[community]] and fellowship, as in ἁ-[[πλοῦς]], ἀ-κολουθέω, ἀ-δελφός. <br /><b class="num">3.</b>An intensive [[force]] (LS, s. α), as in ἀ-τενίζω is [[sometimes]] [[assumed]] ([[but]] v. Boisacq, s.v.). | ||
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|strgr=of [[Hebrew]] [[origin]]; the [[first]] [[letter]] of the [[alphabet]]; [[figuratively]], [[only]] (from its [[use]] as a [[numeral]]) the [[first]]: Alpha. Often used ([[usually]] an, [[before]] a vowel) [[also]] in [[composition]] (as a [[contraction]] from [[ἄνευ]]) in the [[sense]] of [[privation]]; so, in [[many]] words, [[beginning]] [[with]] [[this]] [[letter]]; [[occasionally]] in the [[sense]] of [[union]] (as a [[contraction]] of [[ἅμα]]). | |||
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