σῖγμα

See also: σίγμα

Ancient Greek

previous letter ῥῶ		following letter ταῦ
Σ σ ς – English: sigma

Alternative forms

σῑ́γμᾰ (sī́gma)

Etymology

Borrowing from Phoenician 𐤔‬‎ (š‬ /⁠šīn⁠/) doubtful at best. Name agreed to be from σῐ́ζω (sízō, “to hiss”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, nominal suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sîːŋ.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡ.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɣ.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɣ.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɣ.ma/

Noun

σῖγμᾰ • (sîgma) n (genitive σῑ́γμᾰτος); third declension

sigma, the name for the eighteenth letter Σ, σ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs)
σῑγμᾰτῐ́ζω (sīgmatízō)
φῐλοσῑ́γμᾰτος (philosī́gmatos)
ᾰ̓ντῐ́σῑγμᾰ (antísīgma)
ᾰ̓́σῑγμος (ásīgmos)

Related terms

ἐπῐ́σῑγμᾰ (epísīgma)
σῑγμός (sīgmós)

Descendants

→ English: sigma
Greek: σίγμα (sígma)

References

“σίγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1328

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