ϼ
See also: ₽
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Translingual
[edit]Letter
[edit]ϼ
- used as shorthand for words beginning with ρ
- a graphic substitute for rotated eth, equivalent to IPA ⟨ð̞⟩.
Ancient Greek
[edit]Noun
[edit]ϼ • (r.)
- Abbreviation of ν μναῖ (n mnaî, “50 mina”).
Quotations
[edit]- early 3rd-century, Sextus Julius Africanus, Kestoi, chapter on weights and measures:
- … τὴν δὲ μνᾶν τῷ μ ἐπικείμενον ἔχοντι τὸ ν (μν) (τὸ ν μν πεντήκοντα μνᾶς, ἐνίοτε δὲ ρ διὰ μέσου γραμμὴν ἔχον τὸ αὐτὸ σημαίνει ϼ) …
- and the mina by the μ having the ν on top of it (μν) (50 μν = fifty mina, and sometimes ρ having a line through the middle means the same ϼ) …