ϼ

ϼ

1. used as shorthand for words beginning with ρ
2. a graphic substitute for rotated eth, equivalent to IPA ⟨ð̞⟩.

ϼ • (r.)

1. Abbreviation of ν μναῖ (n mnaî, “50 mina”).

• 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) …