ϝ
Ϝ ϝ, also 𐅝,
- sixth letter of the oldest Gr. alphabets, pronounced like Engl. w, IG 9(1).334 (Locr., V B.C.), 4.333, 14.2420, Alcm. 23.6, Sapph. Supp. 1.6, Corinn.ib. 1.29, etc.; it was written in many dialects until ii B.C. (and pronounced even later); in others (incl. Ion. and Att.) it died out (with the sound) before the date of the earliest Inscrr., surviving only as a numeral, = 6, in the form 𐅝, SIG 46.106 (Halic., V B.C.), IG 1(2).760 (Athens, V B.C.), PCair.Zen. 13.4 (iii B.C.), BMus.Cat.Coins, Egypt Pl. XVI 4 (200/199 B.C.), later in the form ϛ, ib. Egypt Pl. XXX 5 (47 B.C.), PMag.Lond. 121.770 (iii A.D., Pl. 61) and medieval Mss. Its name was ϝαῦ (cf. Semitic wāw) acc. to Varro and Didymus (v. Varr. LL p.209 G.-S.), later δίγαμμα (q.v.). (Words with initial ϝ will be found under the second letter.)