ϝ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Ϝ, from the Phoenician letter 𐤅, waw.

Symbol

ϝ

  1. Lower case digamma, the sixth letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was probably ϝαῦ, later δίγαμμα, and it represented a voiced labial-velar approximant: IPA: /w/. It is preceded by ε and followed by ζ.

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Greek

Letter

ϝ (lowercase, uppercase Ϝ)

  1. (obsolete) The letter δίγαμμα (digamma).
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