W .
W
W, w, w\/ mevga
, twenty-fourth letter of the Gr. alphabet:—as a numeral
wV
= 800, but
Ëw
= 800,000. The name of
w\ mevga
,
great
or
long
o
, was given at a later period to distinguish it from
o] mikrovn
little
or
short
o
: but the form
W
was not adopted at Athens till the Archonship of Euclides (B. C. 403);
v.
sub E,
H. Changes of
w
,
esp.
in the dialects:
1.
Ion.
sometimes for
a
, as
w[nqrwpo" w[risto"
for
a[nqrwpo" a[risto"
.
2.
Ion.
also for
au
, as
qw`ma trw`ma
for
qau`ma trau`ma
:—this is also
Dor.
,
w\lax
for
au\lax
.
3.
Aeol.
and
Dor.
w
for
ou
, as
wjranov" Mw`sa kw`ro" lipw`sa
for
oujranov" Mou`sa kou`ro" lipou`sa
; so,
ou
and
ou"
in
gen. sing.
and
acc. pl.
of 2nd decl. pass into
w
and
w"
.
4. Dor ., w becomes a<Eth> , as prw`to" prwvtisto" qewrov" become pra`to" pravtisto" qea<Eth>rov" ; so gen. pl. of 1st dec. -w`n becomes -a`n .
5. Aeol. sometimes also u , as celuvnh for celwvnh .
w\
w\ and w[ , Exclamation, expressing surprise, but also joy and pain, like our O! oh! with nom. , w] tavla" e[gw Soph. , etc. ; with gen. , w] crusw` Theocr.
2. with vocat. it is a mere address, w\ qeoiv, w\ Zeu` , etc. ; with imperat. , w\ cai`re Aesch .—In the first sense it is usually written w[ , in the second w\ .
w{
w{ , Dor. for ou| , gen. of o{" , qui.
jWarivwn
jWa±rivwn, jWa±riwvneio" , Dor. for jWrivwn, jWrivwneio" .
w\/a"
w\/a" , tov , Dor. for ou\a", ou\" , the ear.
wjbav
wjbav , hJ , in Laconia, a subdivision of the Spartan fulaiv (clans), Plut. Hence wjbavzw
wjbavzw
wjbavzw , f. xw , to divide the people into wjbaiv , Plut.
wjgaqev
wjga±qev , crasis for w\ ajgaqev .
wJginovmoi
wJginovmoi , crasis for oiJ aijginovmoi , Anth.
wjgmov"
wjgmov" , oJ , ( w[zw ) a crying oh! Aesch.
jWgugiva
jWguØgiva , hJ , Ogygia, a mythical island in the Mediterranean, the abode of Calypso, Od.