D The fourth letter in the English alphabet occupies the same position in the Latin, Greek and Phoenician alphabets, which represent the preceding stages in its history. The Phoenician name Daleth is represented by the Greek Delta. In form D has varied throughout its career comparatively little. In the earliest Phoenician it is
with slight variations; in most Greek dialects
which has been adopted as the Greek literary form, but in others as e.g. the earliest Attic
or
