It may be noted that another sherd bearing a fragmentary inscription which includes a digamma was found among the material examined this year. |
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The original alphabet contained three letters which are now obsolete, one of which was digamma, the sixth letter. |
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If anyone knows how to put a digamma in, let me know, and I'll fix it. |
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While this information is in good dictionaries, I have sometimes wanted a more convenient list of words used in Epic which start with the digamma. |
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Fifty years later, in the catalogue Of Victor Leeson's poetry books, I find Like a digamma my name, and we talk In silence over the breakfast table. |
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Latin 'F,' despite being pronounced differently, is ultimately descended from digamma and closely resembles it in form. |
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However, the Greek alphabet also gave rise to other alphabets, and some of these retained letters descended from digamma. |
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