ϝαῦ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤅‎ (wāw).

Pronunciation

(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)

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 (ϛ)

See also

Appendix:Greek alphabet

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