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digamma
[ dahy-gam-uh ]
noun
- a letter of the early Greek alphabet that generally fell into disuse in Attic Greek before the classical period and that represented a sound similar to English w.
digamma
/ daɪˈɡæmə /
noun
- a letter of the Greek alphabet ( ) that became obsolete before the classical period of the language. It represented a semivowel like English W and was used as a numeral in later stages of written Greek, and passed into the Roman alphabet as F
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Other Words From
- di·gam·mat·ed [dahy-, gam, -ey-tid], adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of digamma1
C17: via Latin from Greek, from di- 1+ gamma ; from its shape, which suggests one gamma upon another
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Example Sentences
If V or F—the digamma is here admissible, then we arrive very near our own word Fish.
From Project Gutenberg
Further, the insignificance of Triptolemus and Eumolpus point to considerable antiquity, and the digamma is still active.
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The figure of the letter F is the same as that of the ancient Greek digamma, which it also closely resembles in power.
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Although the digamma escapes our salt, somewhere he lurks on the lonely mountains.
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But we are expressly told that it had the force and sound of the Greek digamma.
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