"a" meaning in Latin

See a in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

IPA: \a\
  1. A, première lettre de l’alphabet latin.
    Sense id: fr-a-la-character-Q6nefc3M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Interjection

IPA: \ā\
  1. ah !
    Sense id: fr-a-la-intj-qpPJNRNg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Lettres en letton, Latin

Preposition

IPA: \a\
  1. Variante de ab, devenu ā devant les consonnes. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: ab
    Sense id: fr-a-la-prep-mlp~kVWZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: a priori

Download JSON data for a meaning in Latin (2.4kB)

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          "text": "« Aprimum est ; hinc incipiam, et quae nomina ab hoc sunt. »",
          "translation": "« A est la première lettre ; je commencerai par l’a, et par les mots qui en dérivent. » — (Lucilius, Satires, livre IX, fragment 1)"
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    "Variante de ab. La chute de la consonne est compensée par un allongement vocalique : ā, le même phénomène a lieu pour ē, venant de ex. : La transition vers un a unique dans les langues romanes est sensible dans les écrits de Cicéron, on a abs te et a te (« à toi »), ce dernier devient majoritaire dans les écrits de la fin de sa vie."
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          "text": "Epistula a meo patre.",
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