ϝ

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Ϝ, from the Phoenician letter 𐤅, waw.

Symbol

ϝ (w)

  1. Lower case digamma, the sixth letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was probably ϝαῦ, later δίγαμμα, and it represented a voiced labial-velar approximant: /w/. It is preceded by ε and followed by ζ.

Derived terms

See also


Greek

Letter

ϝ (transliteration needed) (lowercase, uppercase Ϝ) (archaic, obsolete)

  1. The letter δίγαμμα (dígamma).