The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee, and the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts Papyras Classics

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Chapter 11

Diary entries in Greek script

Greek transliteration:

α a ν n

β b ξ x

γ

g, j (“Major”)

ο o

δ d π p

ε e ρ r

ζ z σ, ς s

η

ê (long e, only in true Greek)

τ t

θ th υ u, v; υυ = w

ι

i, y, j (“Jane”)

φ ph, f

κ

k, c, sometimes sh

χ

ch (the letter pair, not the Greek sound)

λ l ψ —

μ m ω

ô (long o, only in one Latinized word)

Initial “h” is shown as in true Greek, by placing a “rough breathing” mark over the following vowel or diphthong—ἁδ = “had”—but this is often omitted. Note the spellings -νκ-, -νγ- (for -nk-, -ng-) where true Greek would use -γκ-, -γγ-.