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the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet

The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Phnician, the probable ultimate origin being Egyptian. It is related most nearly to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G.

The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A minor), or of the key tone in the relative minor of F.

As a numeral stands for 500. in this use it is not the initial of any word, or even strictly a letter, but one half of the sign (or ) the original Tuscan numeral for 1000.

The fourth letter of the alphabet; as a Roman numeral D stands for 500.

The fourth letter in the English alphabet; as a Roman numeral, 500.

For Lat., dosis, dose; da, give; detur, let it be given; dexter, right; also for died, density, diopter.