ϝαῦ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤅‎ (w /⁠wāw⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /wâu̯/ → /aβ/ → /av/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /wâu̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aw/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aβ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /av/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /av/

Noun

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.

Descendants

• Greek: ϛ

See also

• Appendix:Greek alphabet