γάμμα

English (LSJ)

τό, indecl., the letter γ. X.Cyr.7.1.5, Oec.19.9, etc.:—also γέμμα Demoer.19. (Aram. gamla' 'camel'.)

Spanish (DGE)

τό
• Alolema(s): γέμμα Democr.B 19
indecl., la letra gamma tercera del alfabeto gr., Democr.l.c., ὥστε κεῖσθαι ὥσπερ γ. ὕπτιον X.Oec.19.9, cf. Cyr.7.1.5, ὀψὲ γὰρ ἐχρήσαντο τῷ γ. Plu.2.277d, Lyd.Mag.2.4
•como apodo de una hetera Ἑρπυλλὶς δὲ ἡ Κυζικηνὴ ἑταίρα Γάμμα Ptol.Chenn.5.27, cf. Γ.
• Etimología: Prést. sem., cf. hebr. ǧimel.

German (Pape)

[Seite 473] τό, indecl., der Buchstab γ, Plat. Crat. 427 b.

French (Bailly abrégé)

(τὸ), indécl.
gamma (Γ, γ) 3ᵉ lettre de l'alphabet grec.
Étymologie: emprunt sémit.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

γάμμα, τό indecl. gamma; zie ook Γ, γ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

γάμμα: τό indecl. гамма (3-я буква греч. алфавита - Γ, γ) Xen., Plat., Plut., Luc.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

γάμμα: τό, ἄκλ., τὸ γράμμα γ, ὃ ἴδε.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: name of a letter (X.)
Other forms: γέμμα (Democr.)
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.
Etymology: From Semitic, cf. Hebr. gīmel and the word for camel: Hebr. gāmāl, Aram. gamlā (Schwyzer 140 w. n. 4).

Middle Liddell

indecl, third letter in Gr. alphabet; as Numeral γ' = three, third: but,γ = 3000.
I. γ is the medial palatal mute, between tenuis κ and asp. χ. Before the palatals γ, κ, χ and before ξ, pronounced like n in ng, as in ἄγγος, ἄγκος, ἄγχι, ἄγξω: before the same letters ἐν- in compos. becomes ἐγ-.
II. changes of γ, etc.:
1. γ is sometimes prefixed, αἶα γαῖα, lac γλάγος, γάλακτος, νοέω γνῶναι, νέφος γνόφος.
2. sometimes interchanged with β, v. βῆτα I. 1; sometimes with κ, γνάπτω κνάπτω.

Frisk Etymology German

γάμμα: {gámma}
Forms: γέμμα (Demokr.)
Grammar: n. (X. u. a.),
Meaning: Buchstabenname.
Derivative: Deminutivum γαμματίσκιον (Lyd. Mag.).
Etymology: Aus dem Semitischen, vgl. hebr. gīmel und das Wort für Kamel: hebr. gāmāl, aram. gamlā, nilnub. kam (Schwyzer 140 m. A. 4).
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