σῖγμα
See also: σίγμα
Ancient Greek
| previous letter ῥῶ |
   |
following letter ταῦ |
| Σ σ – English: sigma | ||
Alternative forms
- σίγμα (sígma)
Etymology
Borrowing from Phoenician 𐤔 (šīn) doubtful at best. Agreed to be from the root of σίζω (sízō, “to hiss”) + -μα (-ma).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sîːŋ.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsiɡ.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsiɣ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsiɣ.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsiɣ.ma/
Noun
σῖγμᾰ • (sîgma) n (indeclinable)
- sigma, the name for the nineteenth letter Σ, σ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1328
Further reading
- σῖγμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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