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单词 digamma
释义

digamma

/dʌɪˈɡamə /
noun
The sixth letter of the early Greek alphabet (Ϝ, ϝ), probably pronounced as ‘w’. It became obsolete before the Classical period.The letters digamma, koppa, and san are the obsolete ones....
  • They included the letters digamma and koppa, the ancestors of Roman F and Q and a modification of P written with a tail, which served as an early model for Roman R.
  • While this information is in good dictionaries, I have sometimes wanted a more convenient list of words used in Epic which start with the digamma.

Origin

Late 17th century: via Latin from Greek, from di- 'twice' + gamma (because of the shape of the letter, resembling gamma (Γ) with an extra stroke).

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