δίγαμμα

Ancient Greek

previous letter ἒ ψιλόν		following letter ζῆτα
Ϝ ϝ – English: digamma

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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)

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)

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