Ancient Greek

Ch 1 - Greek Vowels

ε + ι

Dipthong

ε + ι = ει

“ay”

ι - Short: “ih”

ῑ - Long: “ee”

ο + ο

Contraction

ο + ο

= ου

“oo”

ω

ο - Short: “o”

ω - Long: “oh”

Ω ω omega “oh” = O o

ε + α

Contraction

ε + α

= η

“ay”

α + ο

Contraction

α + ο

= ω

“oh”

Α

alpha

“ah”

Uppercase

ο + υ

Dipthong

ο + υ = ου

“oo”

ο + ε

Contraction

ο + ε

= ου

“oo”

α

alpha

“ah”

Lowercase

ε + υ

Dipthong

ε + υ = ευ

“eu”

ο + α

Contraction

ο + α

= ω

“oh”

ε + ο

Contraction

ε + ο

= ου

“oo”

Ο

omicron

“o”

Uppercase

α + α

Contraction

α + α

= ᾱ

“aah”

ο

omicron

“o”

Lowercase

Ι

iota

“ih”

Uppercase

ο + ι

Dipthong

ο + ι = οι

“oy”

ω + ι

Dipthong

ω + ι = ωι

usually written ῳ

“oh”

η

ε - Short: “eh”

η - Long: “ay”

Η η eta “ay” = E e

α + ε

Contraction

α + ε

= ᾱ

“aah”

α + υ

Dipthong

α + υ = αυ

“ow!”

α - Short: “ah”

ᾱ - Long: “aah”

α + ε

Contraction

ε + ε

= ει

“ay”

α + ι

Dipthong

α + ι = αι

“eye”

υ

upsilon

“u”

Lowercase

Υ

upsilon

“u”

Uppercase

υ - Short: “u”

ῡ - Long: “ ooh”

ι

iota

“ih”

Lowercase

ᾱ + ι

Dipthong

ᾱ + ι = ᾱι

usually written ᾳ

“aah”

υ + ι

Dipthong

υ + ι = υι

“wee”

Ε

epsilon

“eh”

Uppercase

η + ι

Dipthong

η + ι = ηι

usually written ῃ

“ay”

ε

epsilon

“eh”

Lowercase