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The modern Greek alphabet contains 24 letters. Ancient Greeks only used the capital letters; the lower case letters were not invented until the time of Alexander the Great. The Greek letters digamma and qoppa were incorporated into the Roman alphabet as F and Q, respectively, but are not part of the modern Greek alphabet.
Following is a chart of letters in the modern Greek alphabet in alphabetical order:
| lower case |
capital |
name |
comments |
| $\alpha$ |
${A}$ |
alpha |
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| $\beta$ |
${B}$ |
beta |
bita in modern Greek |
| $\gamma$ |
$\Gamma$ |
gamma |
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| $\delta$ |
$\Delta$ |
delta |
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| $\epsilon$ or $\varepsilon$ |
${E}$ |
epsilon |
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| $\zeta$ |
${Z}$ |
zeta |
zita in modern Greek |
| $\eta$ |
${H}$ |
eta |
ita in modern Greek |
| $\theta$ or $\vartheta$ |
$\Theta$ |
theta |
thita in modern Greek |
| $\iota$ |
${I}$ |
iota |
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| $\kappa$ or $\varkappa$ |
${K}$ |
kappa |
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| $\lambda$ |
$\Lambda$ |
lambda |
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| $\mu$ |
${M}$ |
mu |
mi in modern Greek |
| $\nu$ |
${N}$ |
nu |
ni in modern Greek |
| $\xi$ |
$\Xi$ |
xi |
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| ${o}$ |
${O}$ |
omicron |
means o-small in modern Greek |
| $\pi$ or $\varpi$ |
$\Pi$ |
pi |
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| $\rho$ or $\varrho$ |
${P}$ |
rho |
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| $\sigma$ or $\varsigma$ |
$\Sigma$ |
sigma |
$\varsigma $ is used only at the end of Greek words |
| $\tau$ |
${T}$ |
tau |
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| $\upsilon$ |
$\Upsilon$ |
upsilon |
ipsilon in modern Greek |
| $\phi$ or $\varphi$ |
$\Phi$ |
phi |
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| $\chi$ |
${X}$ |
chi |
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| $\psi$ |
$\Psi$ |
psi |
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| $\omega$ |
$\Omega$ |
omega |
means o-big in modern Greek |
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| AMS MSC: | 01-00 (History and biography :: General reference works ) | | | 01A20 (History and biography :: History of mathematics and mathematicians :: Greek, Roman) |
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