Antisigma

Antisigma

Antisigma, a reversed lunate sigma, encoded at U+03FD (unicode|Ͻ) may represent an editorial sign introduced by Aristarchus of Samothrace for pre-Classical Greek, used like a dotted lunate sigma (sigma periestigmenon, encoded at U+03FE unicode|Ͼ), which he also used. They both indicate that the line so marked is at an incorrect position [i.e. out of place] . The antisigma was given a short-lived use for Greek-borrowings into Latin as one of the Claudian letters, with a value of /bs/ or /ps/.

A dotted antisigma (antisigma periestigmenon, encoded at U+03FF Ͽ) in pre-Classical Greek use may indicate a line after which rearrangements should be made, or to variant readings of uncertain priority.

An Antisigma particle, the anti-particle of a sigma baryon


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  • ANTISIGMA — Isidoro Origin. l. 1. c. 20. una est e notis sententiarum, quae ponitur ad eos versus, quorum ordo permutandus est, sicut et in antiquis auctoribus postium invenitur. Antisigma cum puncto, ponitur in iis locis, ubi in eodem sensu duplices versus… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Antisigma — Antisigma, d.i. umgekehrtes Sigma Ɔ, 1) eine kritische Note, zum Zeichen, daß Verse versetzt werden müssen; mit einem Punkte in der Mitte (Ɔ) deutet es an, daß, wo Stellen von gleichem Sinne sich finden, die echte sich nicht mit Sicherheit… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Antisigma — (griech.), umgekehrtes Sigma (Ɔ), krit. Zeichen dafür, daß Verse an falscher Stelle stehen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Claudian letters — The Claudian letters were developed by, and named after, the Roman Emperor Claudius (reigned 41–54). He introduced three new letters: a reversed C (antisigma) to replace BS and PS, much like X stood in for CS and GS. The appearance of this letter …   Wikipedia

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