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| FORMS. | NAMES IN GREEK | SOUNDS. | NUMERICAL |
| | AND ENGLISH. | | VALUE. |
+---------+-------------------+---------+-----------+
| | | | |
| Α α | Άλφα Alpha | a | 1 |
| | | | |
| Β β ϐ | Βῆτα Beta | b | 2 |
| | | | |
| Γ γ | Γὰμμα Gamma | g | 3 |
| | | | |
| Δ δ | Δέλτα Delta | d | 4 |
| | | | |
| Ε ε | Ἒψῖλόν Epsīlon | ĕ short | 5 |
| | | | |
| Ζ ζ | Ζῆτα Zeta | z | 7 |
| | | | |
| Η η | Ἦτα Eta | ē long | 8 |
| | | | |
| Θ ϑ θ | Θῆτα Theta | th | 9 |
| | | | |
| Ι ι | Ἰῶτα Iōta | i | 10 |
| | | | |
| Κ κ | Κάππα Kappa | k c | 20 |
| | | | |
| Λ λ | Λάμβδα Lambda | l | 30 |
| | | | |
| Μ µ | Μῦ Mu | m | 40 |
| | | | |
| Ν ν | Νῦ Nu | n | 50 |
| | | | |
| Ξ ξ | Ξῖ Xi | x | 60 |
| | | | |
| Ο ο | Ὀμῖκρόν Omĭcron | ŏ short | 70 |
| | | | |
| Π π | Πῖ Pi | p | 80 |
| | | | |
| Ρ ρ | Ῥῶ Rho | r | 100 |
| | | | |
| Σ σ ς | Σίγμα Sigma | s | 200 |
| | | | |
| Τ τ | Ταῦ Tau | t | 300 |
| | | | |
| Υ υ | Ύψῖλόν Upsīlon | u | 400 |
| | | | |
| Φ φ | Φῖ Phi | ph | 500 |
| | | | |
| Χ χ | Χῖ Chi | ch | 600 |
| | | | |
| Ψ ψ | Ψῖ Psi | ps | 700 |
| | | | |
| Ω ω | Ὠμεγα Omĕga | ō long | 800 |
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From a desire, probably, to imitate Greek manuscript, a multitude of
ligatures, abbreviations, and contractions of letters, as well as
duplicates, were cast by the early type-founders. These, however, with
two or three exceptions, have been quite discarded; and a fount of
modern Greek is readily accommodated in a single pair of cases. The only
duplicated characters in the preceding table are β and ϐ, ϑ and Θ, and σ
and ς. β looks best when used as an initial letter, and ϐ as a medial. ϑ
and Θ are used indiscriminately; but ς is employed as a final letter only.