γάμμα

Ancient Greek

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Γ γ   –   English: gamma

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤂 (g /⁠gīml⁠/). The letter's name is from Phoenician 𐤂𐤌𐤋 (gml, “camel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡám.ma/ → /ˈɣam.ma/ → /ˈɣa.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡám.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡam.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣam.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣam.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.ma/

Noun

γάμμα • (gámma) n (indeclinable)

1. gamma, the name for the third letter Γ, γ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

Descendants

• Greek: γάμα (gáma), γάμμα (gámma)

References

• “γάμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γάμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γάμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γάμμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• γάμμα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Greek

Noun

γάμμα • (gámma) n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative spelling of γάμα (gáma)

Further reading

• γάμμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el