ἄλφα
alpha
Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄλφα, τό, indecl. (pl. τὰ ἄ. Metaph. 1087a8), A. v. Α α init.; cf. 31.18, Callias ap. 10.453d, Cra. 431e; ἐπίσταται δʼ οὐδʼ ἄλφα συλλαβὴν γνῶναι 3.22. 2. T-square, in EN 74.2. 3. Phoenician for βοὸς κεφαλή, 4. metaph., τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ the first and last, Apoc. 1.8, al.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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