S .
S
S, ", si`gma , tov , indecl., a semi-vowel, eighteenth letter of the Gr. Alph.: as numeral "V = 200, but Ë" 200,000.
I.
beside the form
S
, it was written as a semicircle . In the written character, final
"
became
"
: from which must be distinguished the character
"
= 6. There was also a Doric name
savn »a±1/4
(
cf.
sam-fovra"
), which appeared at the end of the alphabet as
sampiv
or
sampi`
,
&Thorn;
, = 900.
II.
dialectic and other changes:
1.
Aeol.
and
Ion.
into
d
, as
ojdmhv i[dmen
for
ojsmhv i[smen
.
2.
.
Aeol.
and
Dor.
into
t, tuv i[ttw Potivdan potiv fativ
for
suv i[stw Poseidw`n prov" fhsiv
:—so in later
Att.
, as
mevtaulo" thvmeron
for
mevsaulo" shvmeron
:—in later
Att.
, also
s"
passed into
tt, pravttw tavttw
for
pravssw tavssw, qavlatta h{ttwn
for
qavlassa h{sswn
.
3. in Aeol. and Dor. , and in Poets, " was often doubled, as o{sso" mevsso" ojpivssw for o{so" mevso" ojpivsw , and in fut. and aor. I forms, as damavssw ojlevssw , etc. for damavsw ojlevsw , etc.
4. " sometimes passed into pt or vice versa, as pevssw and pevptw, o[yomai ( * o[ptw ) and o[ssomai, ejnivssw and ejnivptw .
5. Dor. into x , in fut. and aor. I of Verbs, with their deriv. Nouns, as ejrgavxomai ceivrixi" for ejrgavsomai ceivrisi" :—so in Ion. , dixov" trixov" for dissov" trissov" ; and in old Att. , the Prep. suvn , with all its Compds., was written xuvn .
6.
Att.
"
and
s"
sometimes passed into
y
,
cf.
Y y
III
.
77.
in
Aeol.
, as in
Lat.
,
"
represents the aspirate,
Salmudhssov" JAlmudhssov", su`"
(
Lat.
sus
)
u|", a{l"
sal,
e{x
sex,
eJptav
septem,
e{rpw
serpo,
u{lh
sylva.
8. prefixed to words beginning with m and t, muvraina smuvraina, mikrov" smikrov", tevgo" stevgw , Lat. tego ; more rarely before k and f, skivdnamai kivdnamai, sfavllw fallo, sfendovnh funda.
9. " was inserted in the middle of words before q , esp. by Poets in the 1 pers. pl. pass. and med. , as tuptovmesqa for tuptovmeqa ; so o[pisqen for o[piqen .
10.
conversely, the Lacon. used to throw out
"
between two vowels, writing
Mw`a
for
Mou`sa
.
11.
"
changed into
r
,
Dor.
and
Att.
, when another
r
goes before, as
a[rrhn
for
a[rshn, qavrro"
for
qavrso"
.
12.
Lacon.,
"
is substituted for
q
, as
siov" jAsavna parsevno"
for
qeov" jAqhvnh parqevno"
.
13.
Dor
.,
sd
for
z
, as
masdov" travpesda
for
mazov" travpeza
.
14.
"
is appended to
ou{tw a[cri mevcri
before a vowel.
sÆ
sÆ , by apostr. for sev ; rarely for soiv .
II. for sav , neut. pl. of sov" .
sa`
sa` , fem. sing. and neut. pl. of sw`" .
sav
sav mavn ; Doric for tiv mhvn ; Ar.
Sabavzio"
Sa±bavzio" , oJ , ( Sabov" ) a Phyrgian deity, identified with Bacchus, Ar .:— ta; Sabavzia Bacchic orgies,
