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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.

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the letter gamma, Γ

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Headword:

γάμμα

Headword (normalized):

γάμμα

Headword (normalized/stripped):

γαμμα

IDX:

6732

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n6736

Key:

ga/mma

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