νῦ

νῦ

See also: νυ, νύ, Appendix:Variations of "nu", and Appendix:Variations of "ny"

Ancient Greek

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Ν ν   –   English: nu

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤍‬‎ (nūn)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nŷː/ → /ny/ → /ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nŷː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ny/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ny/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ny/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ni/

Noun

νῦ • (nû) n (indeclinable)

1. nu, the name for the thirteenth letter Ν, ν of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

References

• νῦ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers