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|Definition=ὦ, τό, twenty-fourth and last letter of the Ionic alphabet, ἀπὸ ἄλφα ἕως.ω. ''Glossaria''iii 283 (ix A. D.); thence used as a symbol of [[the end]], [[the last]], <b class="b3">ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ</b> (not <b class="b3">τὸ ὦ μέγα</b>) ''Apoc.''1.8, al.:—as a numeral ώ = 800, but [[ωνυμ]] = 800,000. The epichoric Att. and other alphabets of the Inscrr. had used o in differently to represent the sounds of the later ο and ω: [[Ω]] is a differentiated form of ο, and, though usually = ω, was used in the Ionic islands of Paros, Thasos, and Siphnos with the value ο, while O or O represented the sound ω. The name of the letter was <b class="b3">τὸ ὦ</b> (perispom. acc. to Hellad. ap. Phot.p.530B.), cf. Achae.33.3, Pl.''Phdr.''244d, ''Cra.'' 420b, ''Tht.''203c: after the loss of the distinction between long and short vowels, ο and ω had the same pronunciation; they begin to be confused in Papyri of iii B. C. (οἰκωνόμου ''PRev.Laws'' 50.22 (iii B. C.)), but the name ω μέγα appears first in later Greek, Theognost.''Can.'' 13; κατὰ σχῆμα διπλοῦ ω ἤτοι μεγάλου Eust.869.26; οἱ δὲ περὶ Ἀρίσταρχον αὐτὸ τὸ ποτήριον ω μέγα εἶναί φασιν, ὁποῖν ἴσως τὸ κατὰ δύο ῡ ἐσχηματισμένον Id.869.29; <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ ω μεγάλῳ</b> under [[omega]] (in a lexicon), Id.1828.49: διὰ τοῠ ω μεγάλου Hdn.''Epim.''208.