Stigma (letter)

Ϛϛ

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There is no evidence for the Greek name. LSJ knows "στίγμα" (stígma), but only with a different meaning.

Demotic L for “year” combined with Greek ϛ for “six” on a coin from Alexandria

Stages of development of the stigma

The stigma ( Greek neuter στίγμα , Majuskel Ϛ (U03da) , minuscule ς (U03db) ) is a ligature of the Greek letters Σ σ Sigma and Τ τ Tau . According to the Milesian system, it has the numerical value 6. In other literature, the numerical value 6 is assigned the Digamma ϝ (U03dd) . This corresponds to the Phoenician letter Waw ( ) and the language sound [⁠ w ⁠] .

Web links

Wiktionary: Stigma  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Thesaurus Linguae Graecae stigma ligature (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Article stigma ² , in: The Century Dictionary , Volume 7. The Century Co., New York 1911, p. 5945; see. the English articles from Wikipedia and Wiktionary .

The stigma ligature in a Byzantine manuscript, here the word στρατόν ( stratón ).