ͱ
See also: ꟶ [U+A7F6 LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED HALF H]
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Ancient Greek
See also
- Appendix:Greek alphabet
Latin
Etymology
Created by the Roman Emperor Claudius.
Letter
ͱ (upper case Ⱶ)
- Used to represent the so called sonus medius, a short vowel sound between U and I before labial consonants in Latin words such as ⟨optͱmus⟩ for optumus and optimus, later used as a variant of y in inscriptions for Greek upsilon (as in ⟨Olͱmpicus⟩ for Olympicus), possibly inspired by an early form of the spiritus asper.
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