ἀντίσιγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀντῐ- (antĭ-) +‎ σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tí.siːŋ.ma/ → /anˈti.siɣ.ma/ → /anˈdi.siɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tí.siːŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈti.siɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.siɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.siɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdi.siɣ.ma/

Noun

ᾰ̓ντῐ́σῑγμᾰ • (ăntĭ́sīgmă) n (genitive ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτος); third declension

1. sigma reversed (Ͻ, ͻ), as a critical mark
   • 3rd century CE, Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 3.66:

     ἀντίσιγμα περιεστιγμένον πρὸς τὰς διττὰς χρήσεις καὶ μεταθέσεις τῶν γραφῶν·

     antísigma periestigménon pròs tàs dittàs khrḗseis kaì metathéseis tôn graphôn;

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.247, (scholion)
2. symbol for [ps]
   • Priscian., Inst. 1.42

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓ντῐ́σῑγμᾰ; τοῦ ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓ντῐ́σῑγμᾰ tò ăntĭ́sīgmă	τὼ ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτε tṑ ăntĭsī́gmăte	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ ăntĭsī́gmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτος toû ăntĭsī́gmătos	τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῐσῑγμᾰ́τοιν toîn ăntĭsīgmắtoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ντῐσῑγμᾰ́των tôn ăntĭsīgmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτῐ tôi ăntĭsī́gmătĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῐσῑγμᾰ́τοιν toîn ăntĭsīgmắtoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰσῐ / ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰσῐν toîs ăntĭsī́gmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓ντῐ́σῑγμᾰ tò ăntĭ́sīgmă	τὼ ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτε tṑ ăntĭsī́gmăte	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ ăntĭsī́gmătă
Vocative	ᾰ̓ντῐ́σῑγμᾰ ăntĭ́sīgmă	ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτε ăntĭsī́gmăte	ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτᾰ ăntĭsī́gmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: antisigma
• → Portuguese: antissigma

Further reading

• “ἀντίσιγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀντίσιγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette