"Υ" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Υ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

Forms: Υ [lowercase]
Etymology: From the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “wāw”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|phn|-}} Phoenician Head templates: {{head|grc|letter|uppercase||lowercase|Υ}} Υ • (U) (uppercase, lowercase Υ)
  1. The letter now called upsilon (ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón)), the 20th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Tags: letter, uppercase Derived forms: Y [Latin], У [Cyrillic], Ⲩ (Coptic), 𐍅 [Gothic]
    Sense id: en-Υ-grc-character-bvJGDjRP Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries Related terms (Greek-script letters): Α, α, Β, β, Γ, γ, Δ, δ, Ε, ε, Ζ, ζ, Η, η, Θ, θ, Ι, ι, Κ, κ, Λ, λ, Μ, μ, Ν, ν, Ξ, ξ, Ο, ο, Π, π, Ρ, ρ, Σ, σ, ς, Τ, τ, Υ, υ, Φ, φ, Χ, χ, Ψ, ψ, Ω, ω Related terms (diacritics): ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨ Related terms (non-Classical letters): Ϝ, ϝ, Ͷ, ͷ, Ͱ, ͱ, Ϻ, ϻ, Ϙ, ϙ, Ͳ, ͳ Related terms (punctuation): ·
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          "word": "ο"
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        },
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          "word": "π"
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}

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