ὖ ψιλόν

See also: ύψιλον

Ancient Greek

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Υ υ   –   English: upsilon

Alternative forms

• υ (bare form of the letter upsilon without diacritical marks)
• ὖ (standard, unaspirated form of the letter upsilon)
• ὗ (rare aspirated form of the letter upsilon)
• υ ψιλόν (common bare form with ψιλόν)
• ὗ ψιλόν (rare aspirated form with ψιλόν)

Etymology

Shape from Phoenician 𐤅 (w‬), whence also digamma ϝ (w). Name is Koine Greek: ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón) means "plain υ," in order to distinguish it from οι (oi), which had become identical in pronunciation. Displaced earlier ὖ (û).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /y psiˈlon/ → /i psiˈlon/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y psiˈlon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y psiˈlon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y psiˈlon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i psiˈlon/

• Homophone: ὑψηλόν (hupsēlón) (Koine and later)

Noun

ὖ ψῑλόν • (û psīlón) n (indeclinable)

1. (Koine) upsilon, the name for the twentieth letter Υ, υ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

Derived terms

• Greek: ύψιλον (ýpsilon)
• English: upsilon

See also

• Appendix:Greek alphabet