π
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Translingual
Design
An 'up' triangle, because fire rises.
Symbol
π
- (alchemy) fire, ignis (one of the Classical element)
- 1797, Sigismund Bacstrom, transl., Chemical Moon-Shine: Wherein is Demonstrated the True Subject of Philosophy, Where We are to Look for it, & How it is to be Prepared (in English):
- It is of a Strange and wonderful Origin, it has inexhaustible properties, it is neither hot nor dry like π, nor Cold nor humid like π, nor Cold nor dry like π, but it is a mixture of all the Elements;
Derived symbols
Latin
Proper noun
π m (genitive πis); third declension
- (alchemy) abbreviation of ignis (βfireβ)
- c. 1653-1656, George Starkey, translated by William R. Newman, Lawrence M. Principe, Alchemical Laboratory Notebooks and Correspondence, University of Chicago Press, published 2004, page 106:
- judico notabile quod ultimo πe arenae ascenderet.
- I consider it notable that it would ascend in the last fire of sand.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | π | πΔs |
| genitive | πis | πum |
| dative | πΔ« | πibus |
| accusative | πem | πΔs |
| ablative | πe | πibus |
| vocative | π | πΔs |