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μῦ

Μ, μ, μῦ, τό:—indecl., twelfth letter in the Gr. alphabet: as numerals, μ# = 40, but *2μ = 40,000.
I.μ is the labial liquid, corresponding to β:
II.changes:
1.aeolic and Lacon. into π, as πεδά for μετά.
2.attic and doric into ν, as νιν for μιν; so Lat. ne, num = μή, μῶν.
3.μ is doubled,
a.poet. in compds., as ἄμμορος, φιλομμειδής; and after the augm., as ἔλλαβον.
b.aeolic, as ἄμμες ὔμμες ἐμμί, for ἡμεῖς ὑμεῖς εἰμί.
4.μ is added,
a.at the beginning of a word, as ἴα μία, ὄσχος μόσχος.
b.in the middle of a word to facilitate pronunciation, as ὄμβριμος ὄβριμος, τύμπανον τύπανον, etc., esp. after redupl., as πίμπλημι for πίπλημι; after α- privat., as ἄμβροτος, ἄβροτος.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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