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|Definition=ϝ, also 𐅝, sixth letter of the oldest Gr. alphabets, pronounced like Engl.<br><b class="num"></b><b class="num">w</b>, IG 9(1).334 (Locr., v BC), 4.333, 14.2420, Alcm. 23.6, Sappho ''Supp.'' 1.6, Corinna ''ib.'' 1.29, etc.; it was written in many dialects until ii BC (and pronounced even later); in others (incl. Ionic and Attic) it died out (with the sound) before the date of the earliest Inscrr., surviving only as a numeral, = 6, in the form [, SIG 46.106 (Halic., v BC), IG1². 760 (Athens, v BC), PCair. Zen. 13.4 (iii BC), ''BMus.Cat.Coins, Egypt'' Pl. XVI 4 (200/199 BC), later in the form Ϛ, ''ib.'' Egypt Pl. XXX 5 (47 BC), PMagLond. 121.770 (iii AD, Pl. 61) and medieval Mss. Its name was ϝαῦ (cf. Semitic ''wāw'') acc. to Varro and Didymus (v. Varro ''LL'' p. 209 G.-S.), later [[δίγαμμα]]. | |Definition=ϝ, also 𐅝, sixth letter of the oldest Gr. alphabets, pronounced like Engl.<br><b class="num"></b><b class="num">w</b>, IG 9(1).334 (Locr., v BC), 4.333, 14.2420, Alcm. 23.6, Sappho ''Supp.'' 1.6, Corinna ''ib.'' 1.29, etc.; it was written in many dialects until ii BC (and pronounced even later); in others (incl. Ionic and Attic) it died out (with the sound) before the date of the earliest Inscrr., surviving only as a numeral, = 6, in the form [, SIG 46.106 (Halic., v BC), IG1². 760 (Athens, v BC), PCair. Zen. 13.4 (iii BC), ''BMus.Cat.Coins, Egypt'' Pl. XVI 4 (200/199 BC), later in the form Ϛ, ''ib.'' Egypt Pl. XXX 5 (47 BC), PMagLond. 121.770 (iii AD, Pl. 61) and medieval Mss. Its name was ϝαῦ (cf. Semitic ''wāw'') acc. to Varro and Didymus (v. Varro ''LL'' p. 209 G.-S.), later [[δίγαμμα]]. | ||
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