DIGAMMA


Meaning of DIGAMMA in English

— digammated /duy gam"ay tid/ , adj.

/duy gam"euh/ , n.

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.

[ 1545-55; dígamma, equiv. to di- DI- 1 + gámma GAMMA; from its resemblance to two gammas placed one over the other, similar to Roman F, which is a descendant of digamma ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .