History & The Arts
Getting started on ancient Greek
...double sound’, from the Greek prefix di- (δίς, dis = twice) and (φθογγή, phthongē = sound; recall that double gamma makes an ng sound). The Greek diphthongs are shown below, and spoken out loud, along with an example of a word using each diphthong. αι καί, kai = and αu αὐτός, autos = self ει λείπω, leipо̄ = I leave ευ εὑρίσκω,...