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What is this letter?
I came across this picture attached to a clickbaity article this morning:
A nice, normal-looking Greek alphabet…except for something that looks like S in between epsilon and zeta.
What is this letter? The only letter that I can think of for that position is digamma, but I've never seen a digamma in that shape, only like F.
greek alphabet inscription
asked Jan 14 at 18:00
DraconisDraconis
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I came across this picture attached to a clickbaity article this morning:
A nice, normal-looking Greek alphabet…except for something that looks like S in between epsilon and zeta.
What is this letter? The only letter that I can think of for that position is digamma, but I've never seen a digamma in that shape, only like F.
greek alphabet inscription
asked Jan 14 at 18:00
DraconisDraconis
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This shape is used for terminal sigma, in contrast to medial; In my (Classical) Greek grammar it is shown for 6;in the Aldine Bible it is used with an extended top bar for monogram ts, (tau sigma); in greek alphabets it is often placed in the position previously occupied by digamma.This is all a preamble to saying it has several names: sigma, terminal sigma, tsau, tsigma, stigma, hex, and digamma.
– Hugh
Jan 18 at 2:15
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I came across this picture attached to a clickbaity article this morning:
A nice, normal-looking Greek alphabet…except for something that looks like S in between epsilon and zeta.
What is this letter? The only letter that I can think of for that position is digamma, but I've never seen a digamma in that shape, only like F.
greek alphabet inscription
asked Jan 14 at 18:00
DraconisDraconis
16.1k22068
I came across this picture attached to a clickbaity article this morning:
A nice, normal-looking Greek alphabet…except for something that looks like S in between epsilon and zeta.
What is this letter? The only letter that I can think of for that position is digamma, but I've never seen a digamma in that shape, only like F.
greek alphabet inscription
greek alphabet inscription
asked Jan 14 at 18:00
DraconisDraconis
16.1k22068
asked Jan 14 at 18:00
DraconisDraconis
16.1k22068
asked Jan 14 at 18:00
DraconisDraconis
16.1k22068
asked Jan 14 at 18:00
DraconisDraconis
16.1k22068
asked Jan 14 at 18:00
DraconisDraconis
16.1k22068
16.1k22068
This shape is used for terminal sigma, in contrast to medial; In my (Classical) Greek grammar it is shown for 6;in the Aldine Bible it is used with an extended top bar for monogram ts, (tau sigma); in greek alphabets it is often placed in the position previously occupied by digamma.This is all a preamble to saying it has several names: sigma, terminal sigma, tsau, tsigma, stigma, hex, and digamma.
– Hugh
Jan 18 at 2:15
add a comment |
This shape is used for terminal sigma, in contrast to medial; In my (Classical) Greek grammar it is shown for 6;in the Aldine Bible it is used with an extended top bar for monogram ts, (tau sigma); in greek alphabets it is often placed in the position previously occupied by digamma.This is all a preamble to saying it has several names: sigma, terminal sigma, tsau, tsigma, stigma, hex, and digamma.
– Hugh
Jan 18 at 2:15
This shape is used for terminal sigma, in contrast to medial; In my (Classical) Greek grammar it is shown for 6;in the Aldine Bible it is used with an extended top bar for monogram ts, (tau sigma); in greek alphabets it is often placed in the position previously occupied by digamma.This is all a preamble to saying it has several names: sigma, terminal sigma, tsau, tsigma, stigma, hex, and digamma.
– Hugh
Jan 18 at 2:15
This shape is used for terminal sigma, in contrast to medial; In my (Classical) Greek grammar it is shown for 6;in the Aldine Bible it is used with an extended top bar for monogram ts, (tau sigma); in greek alphabets it is often placed in the position previously occupied by digamma.This is all a preamble to saying it has several names: sigma, terminal sigma, tsau, tsigma, stigma, hex, and digamma.
– Hugh
Jan 18 at 2:15
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I'd guess it's the symbol for 6, originally digamma, but later taking on an S-like shape. (It's a bit hard to make out, but I think the last two cells contain ΙΑ and ΙΒ, indicating a series of 1 to 12.)
answered Jan 14 at 19:47
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So it's a sundial, perhaps? Would make sense with the needle in the middle of the circle.
– Arthur
Jan 15 at 8:33
That would be my guess.
– varro
Jan 15 at 17:04
@Arthur there's little doubt that it is one. In antiquity it was common to count 12 hours from sunrise to sunset
– Rafael
Jan 17 at 0:32
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It is indeed one of the forms of Digamma, the form particularly used as a numeral. See Here
answered Jan 16 at 23:17
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I'd guess it's the symbol for 6, originally digamma, but later taking on an S-like shape. (It's a bit hard to make out, but I think the last two cells contain ΙΑ and ΙΒ, indicating a series of 1 to 12.)
answered Jan 14 at 19:47
varrovarro
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So it's a sundial, perhaps? Would make sense with the needle in the middle of the circle.
– Arthur
Jan 15 at 8:33
That would be my guess.
– varro
Jan 15 at 17:04
@Arthur there's little doubt that it is one. In antiquity it was common to count 12 hours from sunrise to sunset
– Rafael
Jan 17 at 0:32
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I'd guess it's the symbol for 6, originally digamma, but later taking on an S-like shape. (It's a bit hard to make out, but I think the last two cells contain ΙΑ and ΙΒ, indicating a series of 1 to 12.)
answered Jan 14 at 19:47
varrovarro
3,7051315
4
So it's a sundial, perhaps? Would make sense with the needle in the middle of the circle.
– Arthur
Jan 15 at 8:33
That would be my guess.
– varro
Jan 15 at 17:04
@Arthur there's little doubt that it is one. In antiquity it was common to count 12 hours from sunrise to sunset
– Rafael
Jan 17 at 0:32
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I'd guess it's the symbol for 6, originally digamma, but later taking on an S-like shape. (It's a bit hard to make out, but I think the last two cells contain ΙΑ and ΙΒ, indicating a series of 1 to 12.)
answered Jan 14 at 19:47
varrovarro
3,7051315
I'd guess it's the symbol for 6, originally digamma, but later taking on an S-like shape. (It's a bit hard to make out, but I think the last two cells contain ΙΑ and ΙΒ, indicating a series of 1 to 12.)
answered Jan 14 at 19:47
varrovarro
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varrovarro
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answered Jan 14 at 19:47
varrovarro
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answered Jan 14 at 19:47
varrovarro
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So it's a sundial, perhaps? Would make sense with the needle in the middle of the circle.
– Arthur
Jan 15 at 8:33
That would be my guess.
– varro
Jan 15 at 17:04
@Arthur there's little doubt that it is one. In antiquity it was common to count 12 hours from sunrise to sunset
– Rafael
Jan 17 at 0:32
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So it's a sundial, perhaps? Would make sense with the needle in the middle of the circle.
– Arthur
Jan 15 at 8:33
That would be my guess.
– varro
Jan 15 at 17:04
@Arthur there's little doubt that it is one. In antiquity it was common to count 12 hours from sunrise to sunset
– Rafael
Jan 17 at 0:32
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So it's a sundial, perhaps? Would make sense with the needle in the middle of the circle.
– Arthur
Jan 15 at 8:33
So it's a sundial, perhaps? Would make sense with the needle in the middle of the circle.
– Arthur
Jan 15 at 8:33
That would be my guess.
– varro
Jan 15 at 17:04
That would be my guess.
– varro
Jan 15 at 17:04
@Arthur there's little doubt that it is one. In antiquity it was common to count 12 hours from sunrise to sunset
– Rafael
Jan 17 at 0:32
@Arthur there's little doubt that it is one. In antiquity it was common to count 12 hours from sunrise to sunset
– Rafael
Jan 17 at 0:32
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It is indeed one of the forms of Digamma, the form particularly used as a numeral. See Here
answered Jan 16 at 23:17
Colin FineColin Fine
2613
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It is indeed one of the forms of Digamma, the form particularly used as a numeral. See Here
answered Jan 16 at 23:17
Colin FineColin Fine
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It is indeed one of the forms of Digamma, the form particularly used as a numeral. See Here
answered Jan 16 at 23:17
Colin FineColin Fine
2613
It is indeed one of the forms of Digamma, the form particularly used as a numeral. See Here
answered Jan 16 at 23:17
Colin FineColin Fine
2613
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Colin FineColin Fine
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This shape is used for terminal sigma, in contrast to medial; In my (Classical) Greek grammar it is shown for 6;in the Aldine Bible it is used with an extended top bar for monogram ts, (tau sigma); in greek alphabets it is often placed in the position previously occupied by digamma.This is all a preamble to saying it has several names: sigma, terminal sigma, tsau, tsigma, stigma, hex, and digamma.
– Hugh
Jan 18 at 2:15