γάμμα
γάμμα
indecl, third letter in Gr. alphabet; as Numeral γʼ three, third: but ,γ 3.
γ is the medial palatal mute, between tenuis κ and asp. χ. Before the palatals γ, κ, χ and before ξ, pronounced like n in ng, as in ἄγγος, ἄγκος, ἄγχι, ἄγξω: before the same letters ἐν- in compos. becomes ἐγ-.
changes of γ, etc.:
γ is sometimes prefixed, αἶα γαῖα, lac γλάγος, γάλακτος, νοέω γνῶναι, νέφος γνόφος.
sometimes interchanged with β, v. βῆτα I. 1; sometimes with κ, γνάπτω κνάπτω.
Headword (normalized):
γάμμα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
γαμμα
Intro Text:
γάμμα
indecl, third letter in Gr. alphabet; as Numeral γʼ three, third: but ,γ 3.
γ is the medial palatal mute, between tenuis κ and asp. χ. Before the palatals γ, κ, χ and before ξ, pronounced like n in ng, as in ἄγγος, ἄγκος, ἄγχι, ἄγξω: before the same letters ἐν- in compos. becomes ἐγ-.
changes of γ, etc.:
γ is sometimes prefixed, αἶα γαῖα, lac γλάγος, γάλακτος, νοέω γνῶναι, νέφος γνόφος.
sometimes interchanged with β, v. βῆτα I. 1; sometimes with κ, γνάπτω κνάπτω.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n6736
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