alpha
εἶκε θυμοῦ καὶ μετάστασιν δίδου → retreat from your anger and allow yourself to change
Latin > English
alpha undeclined N N :: alpha, 1st letter of Greek alphabet; A; first/foremost (group/class); beginning
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
alpha: n. indecl., = ἄλφα,
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
alphă,¹⁶ n., ind., lettre α grecque : Juv. 14, 209 ; [fig.] alpha pænulatorum Mart. 2, 57, 4, le premier des gueux.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
Latin > Chinese
*alpha :: 初字
