Greek alphabet

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The 24-letter alphabet of the Greek language, first adopted by Athens in 403 BC and now consisting of the following upper- (majuscule) and lower-case (minuscule) pairs

    "Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω"

  2. 2
    the alphabet used by ancient Greeks wordnet
  3. 3
    Other (epichoric) forms of this alphabet, both prior and subsequent, sometimes they include countable, historical

    "variant letter pairs such as Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ϛ ϛ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϳ ϳ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ϟ ϟ, Ͳ ͳ, Ϡ ϡ, Ϸ ϸ"

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ancient greek alphabetclassical greek alphabetkoine greek alphabetmodern greek alphabet

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"Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω"

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