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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sadly, ancient Greek didn't have a sound corresponding to 'f'. Θ was read as 't' with a 'h' sound following it (something like how the Irish say "thank you").

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is not 100% correct, they had the Digamma in archaic Greek which was written as F, most often pronounced more like W than F though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digamma

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Digamma was never pronounced as the sound 'f' according to that link. According to wikipedia, the first time Greek developed the labiodental 'f' sound was between the 4th and 15th centuries:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi