σίγμα

See also: σῖγμα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sǐːŋ.ma/ → /ˈsiɣ.ma/ → /ˈsiɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sǐːŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɣ.ma/

Noun

σῑ́γμᾰ • (sī́gmă) n (genitive σῑ́γμᾰτος); third declension

1. alternative form of σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σῑ́γμᾰ; τοῦ σῑ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῑ́γμᾰ tò sī́gmă	τὼ σῑ́γμᾰτε tṑ sī́gmăte	τᾰ̀ σῑ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ sī́gmătă
Genitive	τοῦ σῑ́γμᾰτος toû sī́gmătos	τοῖν σῑγμᾰ́τοιν toîn sīgmắtoin	τῶν σῑγμᾰ́των tôn sīgmắtōn
Dative	τῷ σῑ́γμᾰτῐ tōî sī́gmătĭ	τοῖν σῑγμᾰ́τοιν toîn sīgmắtoin	τοῖς σῑ́γμᾰσῐ / σῑ́γμᾰσῐν toîs sī́gmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ σῑ́γμᾰ tò sī́gmă	τὼ σῑ́γμᾰτε tṑ sī́gmăte	τᾰ̀ σῑ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ sī́gmătă
Vocative	σῑ́γμᾰ sī́gmă	σῑ́γμᾰτε sī́gmăte	σῑ́γμᾰτᾰ sī́gmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek

previous letter   ρο		following letter   ταυ
Σ σ ς   –   English: sigma

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɣma/
• Hyphenation: σίγ‧μα

Noun

σίγμα • (sígma) n (indeclinable)

1. sigma, the 18th letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

Related terms

• άσιγμος (ásigmos, “without sigma”, adjective)
• σιγματικός (sigmatikós, “with a sigma”, adjective)

See also

• Appendix:Greek alphabet

Further reading

• σίγμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• σίγμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language