digamman.

Brit.

/ˈdʌɪˌɡamə/,

/dʌɪˈɡamə/, U.S.

/ˈdaɪˌɡæmə/

Etymology: < Latin digamma, Greek δίγαμμα the digamma, < δι- twice + γάμμα the letter gamma: so called by the grammarians of the first century, from its shape ϝ or F, resembling two gammas (Γ) set one above the other.

The sixth letter of the original Greek alphabet, corresponding to the Semitic waw or vau, which was afterwards disused, the sound expressed by it having been gradually lost from the literary language.It was a consonant, probably equivalent to English w; in the Italian alphabets derived from Greek, it appears to have passed through the power of consonantal v, to that of f, its value in the Roman alphabet: see F. It was lost in Ionic and Attic before the date of the earliest known monuments, but it occurs in inscriptions in all the other dialects down to late times, and it was also retained in the literary remains of Æolic, whence the appellation Æolic digamma or letter. Though not written in classical Greek, it can be restored on linguistic and metrical grounds in the Homeric and other ancient forms of Greek words, as vέργον work, Διvί dative of Ζεύς, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written character > name of written character > [noun] > Greek

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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum F letter among the latines is called Digamma.

1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Digamma, the letter F. Cicero useth it for his maner of Formium beginning with F.]

1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 50 His new invented Letter the Digamma, which he instituted or borrowed from the Eolique to express V Consonant.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at F This Letter is derived to us from the Romans, who borrowed it from the Æolians; for the F does not at all differ from the Æolic Digamma, or double Gamma, thus call'd as resembling two Γ's, one over the other.

1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 210 Tow'ring o'er your Alphabet, like Saul, Stands our Digamma, and o'er-tops them all.

1814 J. Jamieson Hermes Scythicus i. iv. 41 It has been thought that the Aeolic digamma approached nearly to the sound of W.

1845 J. Stoddart Gram. in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) I. 94/1 The Æolic digamma is described by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, in the 1st book of his Antiquities.

1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 17 The use of the digamma..is continued on Doric vases both of this [the second year of the 94th Olympiad] and even of a later age.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	digamma
释义	digamman. Brit. /ˈdʌɪˌɡamə/, /dʌɪˈɡamə/, U.S. /ˈdaɪˌɡæmə/ Etymology: < Latin digamma, Greek δίγαμμα the digamma, < δι- twice + γάμμα the letter gamma: so called by the grammarians of the first century, from its shape ϝ or F, resembling two gammas (Γ) set one above the other. The sixth letter of the original Greek alphabet, corresponding to the Semitic waw or vau, which was afterwards disused, the sound expressed by it having been gradually lost from the literary language.It was a consonant, probably equivalent to English w; in the Italian alphabets derived from Greek, it appears to have passed through the power of consonantal v, to that of f, its value in the Roman alphabet: see F. It was lost in Ionic and Attic before the date of the earliest known monuments, but it occurs in inscriptions in all the other dialects down to late times, and it was also retained in the literary remains of Æolic, whence the appellation Æolic digamma or letter. Though not written in classical Greek, it can be restored on linguistic and metrical grounds in the Homeric and other ancient forms of Greek words, as vέργον work, Διvί dative of Ζεύς, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > name of written character > [noun] > Greek alphac1175 muc1175 betaa1400 taua1400 chic1400 deltac1400 etac1400 kappac1400 gamma?a1425 lambda?a1425 nu?a1425 phi?a1425 pi?a1425 psi?a1425 rho?a1425 xi?a1425 zeta?a1425 upsilon1559 san1584 omega1599 theta1603 iota1607 sigma1607 omicron1631 digamma1699 epsilon1842 zeta1850 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum F letter among the latines is called Digamma. 1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Digamma, the letter F. Cicero useth it for his maner of Formium beginning with F.] 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 50 His new invented Letter the Digamma, which he instituted or borrowed from the Eolique to express V Consonant. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at F This Letter is derived to us from the Romans, who borrowed it from the Æolians; for the F does not at all differ from the Æolic Digamma, or double Gamma, thus call'd as resembling two Γ's, one over the other. 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 210 Tow'ring o'er your Alphabet, like Saul, Stands our Digamma, and o'er-tops them all. 1814 J. Jamieson Hermes Scythicus i. iv. 41 It has been thought that the Aeolic digamma approached nearly to the sound of W. 1845 J. Stoddart Gram. in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) I. 94/1 The Æolic digamma is described by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, in the 1st book of his Antiquities. 1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 17 The use of the digamma..is continued on Doric vases both of this [the second year of the 94th Olympiad] and even of a later age. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1699
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