The Greek Alphabet

Alphabet Chart

 

Letter	Name	ὄνομα	Pronunciation	Transliteration
Α α	alpha	ἄλφα	arm	a
Β β	beta	βῆτα	bit	b
Γ γ	gamma	γάμμα	get	g
Δ δ	delta	δέλτα	dance	d
Ε ε	epsilon	ἒ ψιλόν	short: tell	e
Ζ ζ	zeta	ζῆτα	amazing	z
Η η	eta	ἦτα	long: ate	e
Θ θ	theta	θῆτα	theme	th
Ι ι	iota	ἰῶτα	long ῑ: meet short ι: live	i
Κ κ	kappa	κάππα	skate	k, c
Λ λ	lambda	λάμ(β)δα	love	l
Μ μ	mu	μῦ	miracle	m

Letter	Name	ὄνομα	Pronunciation	Transliteration
Ν ν	nu	νῦ	near	n
Ξ ξ	xi	ξῖ	tax	x
Ο ο	omicron	ὂ μικρόν	always short: bored	o
Π π	pi	πῖ	space	p
Ρ ρ	rho	ῥῶ	rrain (slight roll)	r, rh
Σ σ ς	sigma	σίγμα	sun	s
Τ τ	tau	ταῦ	turn	t
Υ υ	upsilon	ὖ ψιλόν	long ῡ: use short υ: put	u, y
Φ φ	phi	φῖ	face	ph
Χ χ	chi	χῖ	head	kh, ch
Ψ ψ	psi	ψῖ	upside	ps
Ω ω	omega	ὢ μέγα	long: local	o

 

The Names of the Alphabet

 

•	alpha, beta, gamma, delta	ἄλφα, βῆτα, γάμμα, δέλτα
•	epsilon, zeta, eta, theta	ἒ ψιλόν, ζῆτα, ἦτα, θῆτα
•	iota, kappa, lambda, mu	ἰῶτα, κάππα, λάμδα, μῦ
•	nu, xi, omicron, pi	νῦ, ξῖ, ὂ μικρόν, πῖ
•	rho, sigma, tau, upsilon	ῥῶ, σίγμα, ταῦ, ὖ ψιλόν
•	phi, chi, psi, omega	φῖ, χῖ, ψῖ, ὦ μέγα