alphus

[From Gr. ἀλφός ( alphos ) = a dull white leprosy, or tetter, found especially on the face the same which is called in Latin vitiligo.] Med. With the same meaning as the corresponding Greek word. (See etymology.) *al-phyn, *al-phyne, *al-fyn, * al-fin, *au-fyn, s . [Probably a Persian or Arabic word.] A name for the bishop in che . among "He byheld the kyng sette yn the pley. aufyns and pownys."-Gesta Romanorum (ed. Herr. tage), p. 70.