Greek alphabet

See also: Appendix:Greek script

English

Noun

Greek alphabet (plural Greek alphabets)

1. The 24-letter alphabet of the Greek language, first adopted by Athens in 403 BC and now consisting of the following upper- (majuscule) and lower-case (minuscule) pairs:

   Αあるふぁ αあるふぁ, Βべーた βべーた, Γがんま γがんま, Δでるた δでるた, Εいぷしろん εいぷしろん, Ζぜーた ζぜーた, Ηいーた ηいーた, Θしーた θしーた, Ιいおた ιいおた, Κかっぱ κかっぱ, Λらむだ λらむだ, Μみゅー μみゅー, Νにゅー νにゅー, Ξくしー ξくしー, Οおみくろん οおみくろん, Πぱい πぱい, Ρろー ρろー, Σしぐま σしぐま ς, Τたう τたう, Υうぷしろん υうぷしろん, Φふぁい φふぁい, Χかい χかい, Ψぷさい ψぷさい, Ωおめが ωおめが

2. (historical, countable) Other ("epichoric") forms of this alphabet, both prior and subsequent, sometimes they include:

   variant letter pairs such as Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ϛ ϛ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϳ ϳ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ϟ ϟ, Ͳ ͳ, Ϡ ϡ, Ϸ ϸ

   variant letters such as ℩, ς

Synonyms

• Euclidean alphabet, (ISO) Grek
• (imprecise) Ionic alphabet

Hyponyms

• epichoric alphabets: Attic alphabet, Corinthian alphabet, Euboean alphabet, Ionic alphabet, Old Attic alphabet, etc.

See also

• Appendix:Greek alphabet and Greek punctuation
• Greek number and measurement
• Wiktionary:Greek transliteration and Ancient Greek romanization and pronunciation