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Optimizing Oracle Performance
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Optimizing Oracle Performance

by Cary Millsap, Jeff Holt
September 2003
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
416 pages
14h 1m
English
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Appendix A. Greek Alphabet

The following table gives the letters of the Greek alphabet and their English equivalents. Where the English pronunciation of a Greek letter is not obvious, the table gives an example. Thus, the Greek letter alpha is pronounced as the “a” in father, the Greek letter êta as the “e” in hey, and so forth.

Greek letter

Greek name

English equivalent

English pronunciation

Α

α

alpha

a

“father”

Β

β

beta

b

 

Γ

γ

gamma

g

 

Δ

δ

delta

d

 

Ε

ε

epsilon

e

"end”

Ζ

ζ

zêta

z

 

Η

η

êta

ê

“hey”

Θ

θ

thêta

th

"thick”

Ι

ι

iota

i

"it”

Κ

κ

kappa

k

 

Λ

λ

lambda

l

 

Μ

μ

mu

m

 

Ν

ν

nu

n

 

Ξ

ξ

xi

ks

“box"

Ο

ο

omikron

o

"off”

Π

π

pi

p

 

Ρ

ρ

rho

r

 

Σ

σ, ς

sigma

s

"say”

Τ

τ

tau

t

 

Υ

υ

upsilon

u

“put”

Φ

φ

phi

f

 

Χ

χ

chi

ch

“Bach"

Ψ

ψ

psi

ps

 

Ω

ω

omega

ô

“grow"

Source: http://www.ibiblio.org/koine/greek/lessons/alphabet.html

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