δίγαμμα

Ancient Greek

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Ϝ ϝ   –   English: digamma

Etymology

From δι- (di-, “double”) +‎ γάμμα (gámma, “gamma”), due to resembling two gammas stacked on top of each other.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dí.ɡam.ma/ → /ˈði.ɣam.ma/ → /ˈði.ɣa.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dí.ɡam.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ɡam.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ɣam.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ɣam.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ɣa.ma/

Noun

δίγαμμᾰ • (dígammă) n (indeclinable)

1. digamma, the name for the sixth letter Ϝ, ϝ of the archaic Ancient Greek alphabet, pronounced /w/, which fell out of use before the Classical period of Ancient Greek.

Synonyms

• *ϝαῦ (*waû)

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: δίγαμμα (dígamma)
• → Catalan: digamma
• → Dutch: digamma
• → English: digamma
• → Esperanto: digamo
• → Finnish: digamma
• → French: digamma
• → German: Digamma
• → Italian: digamma
• → Portuguese: digama
• → Romanian: digama, digamma
• → Russian: дига́мма (digámma)
• → Spanish: digamma

Further reading

• δίγαμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δίγαμμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “δίγαμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίγαμμα (dígamma).

Noun

δίγαμμα • (dígamma) n (indeclinable)

1. digamma, Ϝ, ϝ, the sixth letter of the archaic Greek alphabet.

See also

• Appendix:Greek alphabet

Further reading

• δίγαμμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el