ϡ

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ϡ U+03E1, ϡ
GREEK SMALL LETTER SAMPI
Ϡ
[U+03E0]
Greek and Coptic Ϣ
[U+03E2]

Ancient Greek[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • Ϡ (Š)upper case

Letter[edit]

ϡ (š)

  1. Sampi, an obsolete letter of the Greek alphabet with a numeric value of 900 when used as a mathematical character.

Usage notes[edit]

  • It was used in addition to the classical 24 letters of the alphabet to denote some type of a sibilant sound, probably [ss] or [ts].
  • ϡ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Descendants[edit]

  • Gothic: 𐍊 (900) (from the ancient T-shaped variant)