Greek characters

The following table lists the Greek characters and the names used to search for the lower-case versions. The names of the upper-case versions are the same, but with the first letter of the name capitalized, e.g. #Gamma#.

• Exact character searching

Character	Name	Appearance
alpha	alpha
beta	beta
gamma	gamma
delta	delta
epsilon	epsilon
zeta	zeta
eta	eta
theta	theta
iota	iota
kappa	kappa
lambda	lambda
mu	mu
nu	nu
xi	xi
omicron	omicron
pi	pi
rho	rho
sigma	sigma
sigma final	fsigma
tau	tau
upsilon	upsilon
phi	phi
chi	chi
psi	psi
omega	omega

The next table lists the accented Greek characters occurring in the OED and the names used to search for the lower-case versions. Some of the characters have upper-case versions, in which the first letter of the name is capitalized, e.g. #Alenis# ().

Character	Name	Appearance
alpha (acute)	gaacu
alpha (grave)	gagrave
alpha (circumflex)	gafrown
alpha (macron)	gamac
alpha (macron acute)	gamacacu
alpha (breve)	gabreve
alpha (asper)	aasper
alpha (asper acute)	aasperacu
alpha (asper grave)	aaspergrave
alpha (asper circumflex)	aasperfrown
alpha (lenis)	alenis
alpha (lenis acute)	alenisacu
alpha (lenis grave)	alenisgrave
alpha (lenis circumflex)	alenisfrown
alpha (lenis macron)	alenismac
alpha (iota subscript)	aisub
alpha (iota subscript acute)	aisubacu
alpha (iota subscript circumflex)	aisubfrown
alpha (iota subscript asper acute)	aasperisubacu
alpha (iota subscript lenis)	alenisisub
alpha (iota subscript lenis acute)	alenisisubacu
alpha (iota subscript lenis circumflex)	alenisisubfrown
epsilon (acute)	geacu
epsilon (grave)	gegrave
epsilon (asper)	easper
epsilon (asper acute)	easperacu
epsilon (asper grave)	easpergrave
epsilon (lenis)	elenis
epsilon (lenis acute)	elenisacu
epsilon (lenis grave)	elenisgrave
eta (acute)	ghacu
eta (grave)	ghgrave
eta (circumflex)	ghfrown
eta (asper)	hasper
eta (asper acute)	hasperacu
eta (asper circumflex)	hasperfrown
eta (lenis)	hlenis
eta (lenis acute)	hlenisacu
eta (lenis grave)	hlenisgrave
eta (lenis circumflex)	hlenisfrown
eta (iota subscript)	hisub
eta (iota subscript acute)	hisubacu
eta (iota subscript circumflex)	hisubfrown
eta (iota subscript asper circumflex)	hasperisubfrown
iota (acute)	giacu
iota (grave)	gigrave
iota (circumflex)	gifrown
iota (macron)	gimac
iota (macron acute)	gimacacu
iota (breve)	gibreve
iota (breve acute)	gibreveacu
iota (diaeresis)	giuml
iota (diaeresis acute)	giumlacu
iota (diaeresis grave)	giumlgrave
iota (asper)	iasper
iota (asper acute)	iasperacu
iota (asper circumflex)	iasperfrown
iota (lenis)	ilenis
iota (lenis acute)	ilenisacu
iota (lenis circumflex)	ilenisfrown
iota (lenis macron)	ilenismac
iota (lenis macron acute)	ilenismacacu
omicron (acute)	goacu
omicron (grave)	gograve
omicron (asper)	oasper
omicron (asper acute)	oasperacu
omicron (asper grave)	oaspergrave
omicron (lenis)	olenis
omicron (lenis acute)	olenisacu
omicron (lenis grave)	olenisgrave
upsilon (acute)	guacu
upsilon (grave)	gugrave
upsilon (circumflex)	gufrown
upsilon (macron)	gumac
upsilon (macron acute)	gumacacu
upsilon (breve)	gubreve
upsilon (diaeresis)	guuml
upsilon (diaeresis acute)	guumlacu
upsilon (asper)	uasper
upsilon (asper acute)	uasperacu
upsilon (asper circumflex)	uasperfrown
upsilon (lenis)	ulenis
upsilon (lenis acute)	ulenisacu
upsilon (lenis circumflex)	ulenisfrown
omega (acute)	gwacu
omega (grave)	gwgrave
omega (circumflex)	gwfrown
omega (asper)	wasper
omega (asper acute)	wasperacu
omega (asper circumflex)	wasperfrown
omega (lenis)	wlenis
omega (lenis acute)	wlenisacu
omega (lenis circumflex)	wlenisfrown
omega (iota subscript)	wisub
omega (iota subscript acute)	wisubacu
omega (iota subscript circumflex)	wisubfrown
omega (iota subscript lenis)	wlenisisub
rho (asper)	rasper
rho (lenis)	rlenis

The next table lists miscellaneous other Greek characters occurring in the OED and the names used to search for them.

Character	Name	Appearance
capital lunate sigma	Csigma
digamma	digamma
koppa (lower-case)	koppa
koppa (upper-case)	Koppa
older-style beta	oldbeta
script phi	phi2
sampi	sampi
sigma + tau ligature	sigmatau