σίγμα
See also: σῖγμα
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sǐːŋ.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
σῑ́γμᾰ • (sī́gmă) n (genitive σῑ́γμᾰτος); third declension
- alternative form of σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă)
Inflection
| 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 | ||||||||||
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Greek
previous ρο
letter |
following ταυ
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| Σ σ ς – English: sigma | ||
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiɣma/
- Hyphenation: σίγ‧μα
Noun
σίγμα • (sígma) n (indeclinable)
- 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