"ὖ ψιλόν" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /y psiˈlon/, /i psiˈlon/, /y psiˈlon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /y psiˈlon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /y psiˈlon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /i psiˈlon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: ὖ ψῑλόν [canonical], û psīlón [romanization]
Etymology: Shape from Phoenician 𐤅 (w‬), whence also digamma ϝ (w). Name is Koine Greek: ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón) means "plain υ," in order to distinguish it from οι (oi), which had become identical in pronunciation. Displaced earlier ὖ (û). Etymology templates: {{bor|grc|phn|𐤅‬}} Phoenician 𐤅 (w‬), {{lang|grc|υ}} υ Head templates: {{grc-noun|g=n|head=ὖ ψῑλόν}} ὖ ψῑλόν • (û psīlón) n (indeclinable)
  1. (Koine) upsilon, the name for the twentieth letter Υ, υ of the Ancient Greek alphabet. Tags: Koine, indeclinable Categories (topical): Greek letter names Synonyms: υ (bare form of the letter upsilon without diacritical marks), (unaspirated form of the letter upsilon) [standard], (english: rare aspirated form of the letter upsilon), υ ψιλόν (common bare form with ψιλόν), ὗ ψιλόν (rare aspirated form with ψιλόν) Derived forms: ύψιλον (ýpsilon) [Greek], upsilon [English]
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