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#.

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

Character Name Appearance
alpha (acute) gaacu {gaacu}
alpha (grave) gagrave {gagrave}
alpha (circumflex) gafrown {gafrown}
alpha (macron) gamac {gamac}
alpha (macron acute) gamacacu {gamacacu}
alpha (breve) gabreve {gabreve}
alpha (asper) aasper {aasper}
alpha (asper acute) aasperacu {aasperacu}
alpha (asper grave) aaspergrave {aaspergrave}
alpha (asper circumflex) aasperfrown {aasperfrown}
alpha (lenis) alenis {alenis}
alpha (lenis acute) alenisacu {alenisacu}
alpha (lenis grave) alenisgrave {alenisgrave}
alpha (lenis circumflex) alenisfrown {alenisfrown}
alpha (lenis macron) alenismac {alenismac}
alpha (iota subscript) aisub {aisub}
alpha (iota subscript acute) aisubacu {aisubacu}
alpha (iota subscript circumflex) aisubfrown {aisubfrown}
alpha (iota subscript asper acute) aasperisubacu {aasperisubacu}
alpha (iota subscript lenis) alenisisub {alenisisub}
alpha (iota subscript lenis acute) alenisisubacu {alenisisubacu}
alpha (iota subscript lenis circumflex) alenisisubfrown {alenisisubfrown}
epsilon (acute) geacu {geacu}
epsilon (grave) gegrave {gegrave}
epsilon (asper) easper {easper}
epsilon (asper acute) easperacu {easperacu}
epsilon (asper grave) easpergrave {easpergrave}
epsilon (lenis) elenis {elenis}
epsilon (lenis acute) elenisacu {elenisacu}
epsilon (lenis grave) elenisgrave {elenisgrave}
eta (acute) ghacu {ghacu}
eta (grave) ghgrave {ghgrave}
eta (circumflex) ghfrown {ghfrown}
eta (asper) hasper {hasper}
eta (asper acute) hasperacu {hasperacu}
eta (asper circumflex) hasperfrown {hasperfrown}
eta (lenis) hlenis {hlenis}
eta (lenis acute) hlenisacu {hlenisacu}
eta (lenis grave) hlenisgrave {hlenisgrave}
eta (lenis circumflex) hlenisfrown {hlenisfrown}
eta (iota subscript) hisub {hisub}
eta (iota subscript acute) hisubacu {hisubacu}
eta (iota subscript circumflex) hisubfrown {hisubfrown}
eta (iota subscript asper circumflex) hasperisubfrown {hasperisubfrown}
iota (acute) giacu {giacu}
iota (grave) gigrave {gigrave}
iota (circumflex) gifrown {gifrown}
iota (macron) gimac {gimac}
iota (macron acute) gimacacu {gimacacu}
iota (breve) gibreve {gibreve}
iota (breve acute) gibreveacu {gibreveacu}
iota (diaeresis) giuml {giuml}
iota (diaeresis acute) giumlacu {giumlacu}
iota (diaeresis grave) giumlgrave {giumlgrave}
iota (asper) iasper {iasper}
iota (asper acute) iasperacu {iasperacu}
iota (asper circumflex) iasperfrown {iasperfrown}
iota (lenis) ilenis {ilenis}
iota (lenis acute) ilenisacu {ilenisacu}
iota (lenis circumflex) ilenisfrown {ilenisfrown}
iota (lenis macron) ilenismac {ilenismac}
iota (lenis macron acute) ilenismacacu {ilenismacacu}
omicron (acute) goacu {goacu}
omicron (grave) gograve {gograve}
omicron (asper) oasper {oasper}
omicron (asper acute) oasperacu {oasperacu}
omicron (asper grave) oaspergrave {oaspergrave}
omicron (lenis) olenis {olenis}
omicron (lenis acute) olenisacu {olenisacu}
omicron (lenis grave) olenisgrave {olenisgrave}
upsilon (acute) guacu {guacu}
upsilon (grave) gugrave {gugrave}
upsilon (circumflex) gufrown {gufrown}
upsilon (macron) gumac {gumac}
upsilon (macron acute) gumacacu {gumacacu}
upsilon (breve) gubreve {gubreve}
upsilon (diaeresis) guuml {guuml}
upsilon (diaeresis acute) guumlacu {guumlacu}
upsilon (asper) uasper {uasper}
upsilon (asper acute) uasperacu {uasperacu}
upsilon (asper circumflex) uasperfrown {uasperfrown}
upsilon (lenis) ulenis {ulenis}
upsilon (lenis acute) ulenisacu {ulenisacu}
upsilon (lenis circumflex) ulenisfrown {ulenisfrown}
omega (acute) gwacu {gwacu}
omega (grave) gwgrave {gwgrave}
omega (circumflex) gwfrown {gwfrown}
omega (asper) wasper {wasper}
omega (asper acute) wasperacu {wasperacu}
omega (asper circumflex) wasperfrown {wasperfrown}
omega (lenis) wlenis {wlenis}
omega (lenis acute) wlenisacu {wlenisacu}
omega (lenis circumflex) wlenisfrown {wlenisfrown}
omega (iota subscript) wisub {wisub}
omega (iota subscript acute) wisubacu {wisubacu}
omega (iota subscript circumflex) wisubfrown {wisubfrown}
omega (iota subscript lenis) wlenisisub {wlenisisub}
rho (asper) rasper {rasper}
rho (lenis) rlenis {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 {Csigma}
digamma digamma {digamma}
koppa (lower-case) koppa {koppa}
koppa (upper-case) Koppa {Koppa}
older-style beta oldbeta {oldbeta}
script phi phi2 {phi2}
sampi sampi {sampi}
sigma + tau ligature sigmatau {sigmatau}

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