Ancient Greek word senses marked with topical category "Greek letter names"

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Total 35 word senses

• βῆτα (Noun) beta, the name for the second letter Β, β of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• γάμμα (Noun) gamma, the name for the third letter Γ, γ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• δέλτα (Noun) delta, the name for the fourth letter Δ, δ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• εἶ (Noun) Old name of the letter ε (epsilon, see ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón), έψιλον).
• ζῆτα (Noun) zeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ, ζ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• θῆτα (Noun) theta, the name for the eighth letter Θ, θ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• κάππα (Noun) kappa, the name for the tenth letter Κ, κ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• λάβδα (Noun) lambda, the name for the eleventh letter Λ, λ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• λάμβδα (Noun) Alternative form of λάβδα (lábda)
• μῦ (Noun) mu, the name for the twelfth letter Μ, μ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• νῦ (Noun) nu, the name for the thirteenth letter Ν, ν of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• ξῖ (Noun) Alternative spelling of ξεῖ (xeî, “xi”)
• οὖ (Noun) Old name of the letter ο (omicron, see ὂ μικρόν (ò mikrón), όμικρον).
• πεῖ (Noun) pi, the name for the sixteenth letter Π, π of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• πῖ (Noun) Alternative form of πεῖ (peî)
• σῖγμα (Noun) sigma, the name for the eighteenth letter Σ, σ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• ταῦ (Noun) tau, the name for the nineteenth letter Τ, τ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• υ ψιλόν (Noun) The unaspirated form of the letter υ (upsilon) in the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• φεῖ (Noun) phi, the name for the twenty-first letter Φ, φ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• χεῖ (Noun) chi, the name for the twenty-second letter Χ, χ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• ψεῖ (Noun) psi, the name for the twenty-third letter Ψ, ψ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• ϙόππα (Noun) Qoppa, an archaic letter Ϙ, ϙ of the Ancient Greek alphabet falling between ϻ and ρ. Reduced to use as a numeral 90 by antiquity.
• ϝαῦ (Noun) Wau, an archaic letter Ϝ, ϝ of the Ancient Greek alphabet falling between ε and ζ, later called δίγαμμα (dígamma). Reduced to use as the numeral 6 by antiquity.
• ἄλφα (Noun) alpha, the name for the first letter Α, α of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• ἒ ψιλόν (Noun) epsilon, the name for the fifth letter Ε, ε of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• ἦτα (Noun) eta, the name for the seventh letter Η, η of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• ἧτα (Noun) Old name of the letter η (eta, see ἦτᾰ (êta), ήτα).
• ἰῶτα (Noun) iota, the name for the ninth letter Ι, ι of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• ὂ μικρόν (Noun) omicron, the name for the fifteenth letter Ο, ο of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• ὖ (Noun) Old name of the letter υ (upsilon, see ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón), ύψιλον).
• ὖ ψιλόν (Noun) upsilon, the name for the twentieth letter Υ, υ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• ὗ (Noun) The letter υ (upsilon) of the Ancient Greek alphabet, used with a rough breathing in specific phonetic contexts.
• ὗ ψιλόν (Noun) The aspirated name for the letter υ (upsilon) in the Ancient Greek alphabet, used in rare phonetic contexts to distinguish it from the smooth-breathing form.
• ὦ μέγα (Noun) omega, the name for the twenty-fourth letter Ω, ω of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
• ῥῶ (Noun) rho, the name for the seventeenth letter Ρ, ρ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

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