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Υυ

*uu · τό

hy

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What it meant

Υυ · Yy — LSJ

hy

twenty-third letter of the Formello abecedarium, IG 14.2420, but twentieth of the Ion. alphabet: as numeral υʹ = 400, but ͵υ = 400,000. It is called τὸ ὖ by Pl. Cra. 393d, Callias ap. Ath. 10.453d (prob., the line ends ταῦ, <τὸ> ὖ), IG 2(2).2783.4 (iv B. C.), Hellad. ap. Phot. Bibl. p.530 B.; τό τʼ ὖ or τό θʼ ὗ might be read in Achae. 33.3 for τοῦ ῡ codd. Ath.; later τὸ υ ψιλόν or τὸ ψιλὸν υ (as name of the first letter of ὕαλος, υἱός, etc.), Theognost. Can. 18, Sch. Ar. Pl. 896, Ps. Hdn. Epim.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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