digamma
/daɪˈɡæmə/
noun
- An old letter of the Greek alphabet (Ϝ, ϝ) that represented a 'w' sound and was later dropped from the standard alphabet.
- In some ancient inscriptions, the digamma appears where later texts have no letter.
- The digamma was used in ancient Greek writing but is no longer part of the alphabet.
- Scholars study the digamma to understand early Greek pronunciation.