Latin search results for: Alpha

#1

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. A
  2. alpha, 1st letter of Greek alphabet
  3. beginning
  4. first/foremost (group/class)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: Greece
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. alphabet
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: Germany
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#3

adjective

Definitions:

  1. alphabetic
  • Age: Latin post 15th - Scholarly/Scientific (16th-18th centuries)
  • Area: Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Literature, Schools
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Calepinus Novus, “Modern Latin”, by Guy Licoppe (Cal)