δίγαμμα
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Ancient Greek
previous ἒ ψιλόν
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following ζῆτα
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Etymology
From δι- (di-, “double”) + γάμμα (gámma, “gamma”), due to resembling two gammas stacked on top of each other.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dí.ɡam.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdi.ɡam.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈði.ɣam.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈði.ɣam.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.ɣa.ma/
Noun
δίγαμμᾰ • (dígammă) n (indeclinable)
- 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
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)
See also
Further reading
δίγαμμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
