A). 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 <*>, SIG 46.106 (Halic., V B.C.), IG 12.760 (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 ζ, ib.Egypt Pl.XXX 5 ( 47 B.C.), PMag.Lond. 121.770 (iii A.D., Pl. 61 ) and medieval Mss. Its name was vαῦ (cf. Semitic wāw) acc. to Varro and Didymus (v. Varro LL p.209 G.- S.), later δίγαμμα (q.v.). (Words with initial v will bc found under the second letter.)