Upsilon or ypsilon is the twentieth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, Υʹ has a value of 400. It is derived from the Phoenician waw.
The Greek alphabet on a black figure vessel, with a V-shaped upsilon
The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC. It was derived from the earlier Phoenician alphabet, and is the earliest known alphabetic scrip
Upsilon
…Upsilon (US: , UK: ; uppercase Υ, lowercase υ; Greek: ύψιλον ýpsilon ) or ypsilon is the twentieth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, Υʹ has a value of 400. It is derived from the Phoenician waw (𐤅). The name of the letter was originally just υ (y…
Dipylon inscription, one of the oldest preserved inscriptions in the Greek alphabet, c. 740 BC
Excerpt from the second-century Bankes Homer manuscript, already displaying a hand very much like the fourth-century biblical uncial
A 16th-century edition of the New Testament (Gospel of John), printed in the renaissance typeface Grecs du roi by Claude Garamond