"ϝαῦ" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /wâu̯/, /aβ/, /av/, /wâu̯/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /aw/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /aβ/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /av/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /av/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: waû [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤅 (w /⁠wāw⁠/). Etymology templates: {{bor|grc|phn|𐤅|ts=wāw}} Phoenician 𐤅 (w /⁠wāw⁠/) Head templates: {{grc-noun|n}} ϝαῦ • (waû) n (indeclinable)
  1. 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. Tags: indeclinable Categories (topical): Greek letter names
    Sense id: en-ϝαῦ-grc-noun--Xge9OR0 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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            "Terms by semantic function",
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            "Nouns",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Lemmas",
            "Human",
            "Communication"
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        [
          "ε",
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          "ζ",
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      "ipa": "/aβ/"
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      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
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      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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          "ϝ",
          "ϝ"
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          "Ancient Greek",
          "Ancient Greek"
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          "ε",
          "ε"
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          "ζ"
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      "ipa": "/aβ/"
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      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/av/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/av/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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