digammas
/daɪˈɡæməz/
noun
- An archaic letter of the Greek alphabet (Ϝ, ϝ) that represented a sound like 'w' and was used in early Greek writing.
- Scholars studying old inscriptions often have to identify digammas in the text.
- In some dialects, the digamma was used before it disappeared from the standard alphabet.
- The ancient Greek word for 'wine' was once written with a digamma at the beginning.