Eusebius Riddle 9: De Alpha
ALEXANDRAREIDER
Date: Mon 27 Dec 2021Original text:
Dux ego linguarum, resonans et prima per orbem,
Dicor et unum, quingentos, vel mille figuro,
Atque vocari primus per me coepit Adamus.
Do, domina linguae, pueris me vim resonare.
Translation:
I am said to be the prince of speech, echoing and first throughout the world,
And I represent the numbers one, five hundred, even one thousand,
And Adam was the first who began to be called with me.
Mistress of language, I give children the power to voice me.
On Alpha, the first letter in the Greek alphabet
Tags: riddles latin Eusebius