"α" meaning in Ancient Greek

See α in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

Forms: a [romanization], Α [uppercase]
Etymology: Derived from its majuscule counterpart Α, from the Phoenician letter 𐤀, aleph. Head templates: {{head|grc|letter|lowercase||uppercase|Α}} α • (a) (lowercase, uppercase Α)
  1. Lower-case alpha (ἄλφα), the first letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the open front or central unrounded vowel /a/. It is followed by β. Tags: letter, lowercase Derived forms: α' (a'), ,α (a), a, A [Roman], а, А [Cyrillic], 𐌰 [Gothic], ⲁ, Ⲁ (Coptic)
    Sense id: en-α-grc-character-KCxo2YHi Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 14 14 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 11 11 13 3 5 1 10 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 10 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 13 13 15 3 5 1 12 1 2 2 Related terms (Greek-script letters): Α, α, Β, β, Γ, γ, Δ, δ, Ε, ε, Ζ, ζ, Η, η, Θ, θ, Ι, ι, Κ, κ, Λ, λ, Μ, μ, Ν, ν, Ξ, ξ, Ο, ο, Π, π, Ρ, ρ, Σ, σ, ς, Τ, τ, Υ, υ, Φ, φ, Χ, χ, Ψ, ψ, Ω, ω Related terms (diacritics): ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨ Related terms (non-Classical letters): Ϝ, ϝ, Ͷ, ͷ, Ͱ, ͱ, Ϻ, ϻ, Ϙ, ϙ, Ͳ, ͳ Related terms (punctuation): ·
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        },
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          "word": "ζ"
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          "word": "ι"
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        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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          "word": "Κ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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          "word": "κ"
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        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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          "word": "Λ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "λ"
        },
        {
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          "word": "Μ"
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        },
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        },
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        },
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          "word": "Ξ"
        },
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          "word": "ξ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Ο"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "ο"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Π"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "π"
        },
        {
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      ],
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          "Greek alphabet"
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          "β"
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}

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