Letters of the Greek alphabet: table

The Greek alphabet was created around the XNUMXth-XNUMXth centuries. BC e. Since then, it has been continuously used, and its letters are used as symbols / signs in mathematics and other sciences.

Below in a table are the upper and lower case letters of the Greek alphabet, their names and correspondence to the English language, as well as the names and transcription in .

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number	1	Alpha	alpha	a	[but]
2	Beta	beta (vita)	b	[b], [c]
3	Gamma	gamma	g	[r], [j]
4	Delta	delta	d	[d]
5	Epsilon	epsilon	e	[uh]
6	Zeta	zeta	z	[dz], [z]
7	Eta	this (ita)	h	[e], [and]
8	Theta	theta (phyta)	th	[t], [f]
9	Iota	iota	i	[i, y]
10	Kappa	kappa	k	[to]
11	Lambda	lambda (lamda)	l	[l]
12	Mu	mu (mi)	m	[m]
13	Nu	nu (us)	n	[n]
14	Xi	xi	x	[cop]
15	Omicron	omicron	o	[about]
16	Pi	пи	p	[P]
17	rho	nd	r	[R]
18	Sigma	sigma	s	[from]
19	Dew	tau (five)	t	[t]
20	Upsilon	ipsilon	u	[yu], [and]
21	Phi	fi	ph	[f]
22	About	hi	ch	[х, хь]
23	Psi	ps	ps	[ps]
24	Omega	omega	o	[about]

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* letter “s” used at the beginning and middle of a word “s” – in the end.

Using Greek Letters to Write Numbers

The letters of the Greek alphabet were also used to write numbers. To do this, 24 more letters were added to the standard alphabet, consisting of 4 letters (out of use) – digamma (ϝ) or stigma (ϛ) to write the number 6, koppa (ϟ) – for the number 90 and sampi (ϡ) – for values 900.

Letter	Value	Letter	Value	Letter	Value
α	1	ι	10	ρ	100
β	2	κ	20	σ	200
γ	3	λ	30	τ	300
δ	4	μ	40	υ	400
ε	5	ν	50	φ	500
6	ξ	60	χ	600
ζ	7	ο	70	ψ	700
η	8	π	80	ω	800
θ	9	ϟ	90	ϡ	900

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The Greek number system still exists today, however, it is rarely used, for example, for numbering chapters of books.

Letters of the Greek alphabet: table

Using Greek Letters to Write Numbers

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