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ο Ο, ο, ὂ μικρόν, little or short o, as opp. to ὂ μέγα great or long o, i. e. double o (for ω was orig. written , i. e. oo) : fifteenth letter in the Greek alphabet: as numeral οʹ 70, but ͵ο 70,000. In early times ο represents both ο and ω; and in many words must have sounded like ου, as in βόλομαι for βούλομαι; while reversely, in Ionic μοῦνος νοῦσος κοῦρος οὔνομα stand for μόνος νόσος κόρος ὄνομα. Dialect. changes: Aeolic for α, as στροτός for στρατός;— for ε, Ἐρχόμενος for Ὀρχόμενος (Boeot.);—for υ, as ὄνυμα στύμα for ὄνομα στόμα. Doric often into οι, ἀγνοιέω πτοιέω πνοιά for ἀγνοέω ἀλοάω πτοέω. like α, ο is often rejected or prefixed for euphony, as κέλλω ὀκέλλω, δύρομαι ὀδύρομαι. in compd. Adjectives, ο is changed metri grat. into η, θεογενής ξιφοφόρος into θεηγενής ξιφηφόρος.

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the letter omikron

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23110

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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n23133

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o)\mikro/n

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