"δίγαμμα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See δίγαμμα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dí.ɡam.ma/, /ˈði.ɣam.ma/, /ˈði.ɣa.ma/, /dí.ɡam.ma/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈdi.ɡam.ma/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈði.ɣam.ma/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈði.ɣam.ma/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈði.ɣa.ma/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: δίγαμμᾰ [canonical], dígammă [romanization]
Etymology: From δι- (di-, “double”) + γάμμα (gámma, “gamma”), due to resembling two gammas stacked on top of each other. Etymology templates: {{af|grc|δι-|γάμμα|t1=double|t2=gamma}} δι- (di-, “double”) + γάμμα (gámma, “gamma”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|δίγαμμᾰ|g=n}} δίγαμμᾰ • (dígammă) n (indeclinable)
  1. 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. Tags: indeclinable Categories (topical): Greek letter names Synonyms: *ϝαῦ (alt: *waû)
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
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          "parents": [],
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            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Lemmas",
            "Human",
            "Communication"
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          "digamma",
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          "ϝ",
          "ϝ"
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          "alt": "*waû",
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      "ipa": "/dí.ɡam.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈði.ɣam.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈði.ɣa.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dí.ɡam.ma/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdi.ɡam.ma/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈði.ɣam.ma/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈði.ɣam.ma/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈði.ɣa.ma/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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          "expansion": "→ Catalan: digamma",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: digamma"
    },
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      "text": "→ English: digamma"
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
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            "2": "digamo",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: digamo"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: digamma"
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            "2": "Digamma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Digamma"
    },
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            "2": "digamma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: digamma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: digamma"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "pt",
            "2": "digama",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: digama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: digama"
    },
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          "expansion": "→ Romanian: digama, digamma",
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      "text": "→ Romanian: digama, digamma"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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            "2": "дига́мма",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Russian: дига́мма (digámma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: дига́мма (digámma)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "digamma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: digamma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: digamma"
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From δι- (di-, “double”) + γάμμα (gámma, “gamma”), due to resembling two gammas stacked on top of each other.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "δίγαμμᾰ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dígammă",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        [
          "digamma",
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          "Ϝ",
          "Ϝ"
        ],
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          "ϝ",
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        ],
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          "Ancient Greek",
          "Ancient Greek"
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/dí.ɡam.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈði.ɣam.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈði.ɣa.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dí.ɡam.ma/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdi.ɡam.ma/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈði.ɣam.ma/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈði.ɣam.ma/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈði.ɣa.ma/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "alt": "*waû",
      "word": "*ϝαῦ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "δίγαμμα"
}

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