ἀντίσιγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀντῐ- (anti-) +‎ σῖγμᾰ (sîgma)

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 • (antísīgma) 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 antísīgma	τὼ ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτε tṑ antisī́gmate	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτᾰ tà antisī́gmata
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτος toû antisī́gmatos	τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῐσῑγμᾰ́τοιν toîn antisīgmátoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ντῐσῑγμᾰ́των tôn antisīgmátōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτῐ tôi antisī́gmati	τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῐσῑγμᾰ́τοιν toîn antisīgmátoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰσῐ / ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰσῐν toîs antisī́gmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓ντῐ́σῑγμᾰ tò antísīgma	τὼ ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτε tṑ antisī́gmate	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτᾰ tà antisī́gmata
Vocative	ᾰ̓ντῐ́σῑγμᾰ antísīgma	ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτε antisī́gmate	ᾰ̓ντῐσῑ́γμᾰτᾰ antisī́gmata
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