ϝαῦ
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤅 (w /wāw/).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /wâu̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aw/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aβ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /av/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /av/
Noun[edit]
ϝαῦ • (waû) n (indeclinable)
- Wau, an archaic letter Ϝ, ϝ of the Ancient Greek alphabet falling between ε and ζ, later called δίγαμμα (dígamma). Reduced to use as the numeral 6 by antiquity.
Descendants[edit]
- Greek: ϛ
See also[edit]
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Phoenician
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Phoenician
- Ancient Greek 1-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek perispomenon terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek indeclinable nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter indeclinable nouns
- Ancient Greek terms spelled with Ϝ
- grc:Greek letter names