γάμμα
Ancient Greek
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Etymology
Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤂 (g /gīml/). The letter's name is from Phoenician 𐤂𐤌𐤋 (gml, “camel”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡám.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡam.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣam.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈɣam.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.ma/
Noun
γάμμα • (gámma) n (indeclinable)
- gamma, the name for the third letter Γ, γ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
Descendants
References
- “γάμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γάμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- γάμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γάμμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- γάμμα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Greek
Noun
γάμμα • (gámma) n (indeclinable)
- alternative spelling of γάμα (gáma)
Further reading
- γάμμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el