Words
Type a Greek or Latin form. Greek accepts Unicode or Beta Code (lo/gos → λόγος); accents optional.
Typing Greek in Beta Code
Turn on β Beta Code and type Roman letters — they become Greek as you type. Each Roman letter is one Greek letter:
| a α | b β | g γ | d δ | e ε | z ζ | h η | q θ |
| i ι | k κ | l λ | m μ | n ν | c ξ | o ο | p π |
| r ρ | s σ/ς | t τ | u υ | f φ | x χ | y ψ | w ω |
Watch the three that trip people up: h is eta (not a breathing),q is theta, c is xi. y is psi, x is chi.
Accents, breathings, and the other marks are typed after their letter, in any order when a letter takes several:
/ | acute | a/ → ά | ( | rough breathing | a( → ἁ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
\ | grave | a\ → ὰ | ) | smooth breathing | a) → ἀ |
= | circumflex | a= → ᾶ | | | iota subscript | a| → ᾳ |
+ | diaeresis | i+ → ϊ | ' | elision | d' → δ’ |
(/ | rough + acute | o(/ → ὅ | )= | smooth + circumflex | w)= → ὦ |
Capitals are Shift, like English. Final sigma is automatic —s becomes ς at the end of a word and stays σ inside one.
lo/gos → λόγος ·o(/ti → ὅτι ·tw=| → τῷ ·Swkra/ths → Σωκράτης ·proi+sthmi → προϊστημι ·a)nh/r → ἀνήρ
With the toggle off, the same Beta Code still searches — it just stays Roman in the box. Accents are optional either way: logosfinds λόγος.
Analyses: Morpheus (Perseus Digital Library), as distributed withDiogenes. Dictionaries: Liddell–Scott–Jones (1940) and Lewis & Short (1879), Perseus digitizations, CC BY-SA. Other dictionaries via Logeion.