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The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC. [2] [3] It was derived from the earlier Phoenician alphabet, [4] and is the earliest known alphabetic script to have developed distinct letters for consonants as well as vowels. [5]
Alpha / ˈ æ l f ə / [1] (uppercase Α, lowercase α) [a] is the first letter of the Greek alphabet.In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one.Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter aleph, which is the West Semitic word for "ox". [2]
Greek letters are used in mathematics, science, engineering, and other areas where mathematical notation is used as symbols for constants, special functions, and also conventionally for variables representing certain quantities.
Iota subscripts in the word ᾠδῇ, ("ode", dative). The iota subscript is a diacritic mark in the Greek alphabet shaped like a small vertical stroke or miniature iota ι placed below the letter.
Nu (/ ˈ nj uː /; uppercase Ν, lowercase ν; Greek: vι ni) is the thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar nasal IPA:.In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 50.
Gamma (/ ˈ ɡ æ m ə /; [1] uppercase Γ, lowercase γ; Greek: γάμμα, romanized: gámma) is the third letter of the Greek alphabet.In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3.
Omega (US: / oʊ ˈ m eɪ ɡ ə,-ˈ m ɛ ɡ ə,-ˈ m iː ɡ ə /, UK: / ˈ oʊ m ɪ ɡ ə /; [1] uppercase Ω, lowercase ω; Ancient Greek ὦ, later ὦ μέγα, Modern Greek ωμέγα) is the twenty-fourth and last letter in the Greek alphabet.
Sampi (modern: ϡ; ancient shapes: , ) is an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet.It was used as an addition to the classical 24-letter alphabet in some eastern Ionic dialects of ancient Greek in the 6th and 5th centuries BC, to denote some type of a sibilant sound, probably [ss] or [ts], and was abandoned when the sound disappeared from Greek.