antisigma

antĭsigmă, ătis, n., = ἀντίσιγμα.

• A character, Ↄ, which the emperor Claudius wished to introduce into Latin for ps = the Gr. ψ, Prisc. p. 558 P.; cf. Schneid. Gram. 1, 5; Wordsworth's Early Lat. p. 9.—
• II A critical mark, Ↄ, placed before a verse which is to be transposed, Isid. Orig. 1, 20.

antisigma, matis, n. (ἀντίσιγμα), I) das Buchstabenzeichen X, das der Kaiser Klaudius im Latein. für ps (das griech. ψ) einführen wollte, Prisc. 1, 42; vgl. Schneider Gr. 1, 5. – II) das kritische Zeichen Ͻ, Suet. de vir. ill. 108. p. 137, 11 u. 12 u. p. 140, 7 u. 10 R. Isid. 1, 20, 11.

antisigma [ἀντίσιγμα] , inverted sigma (ʖ), used as a critical mark. sciat notarius ‥ ubi scribere debeat antisima [gl.: i. x] Neckam Ut. 117.

antĭsigma, ătis, n. (ἀντίσιγμα), ¶ 1 double sigma [que lʼempereur Claude voulait introduire en latin pour remplacer le Ψ] : Prisc. Gramm. 1, 43 ¶ 2 sigma retourné, indice dʼun passage douteux (Ͻ): Isid. Orig. 1, 20, 11.

Antisigma

(ἀντίσιγμα). An inverted sigma, thus C. As a symbol it was used by Aristarchus (q.v.) in his criticism of the Homeric text to denote repetitions of the same idea; and by Aristophanes of Byzantium to mark passages that he regarded as spurious. (See Mahaffy, Hist. of Class. Greek Literature, vol. i. p. 37.) The same character was added by the emperor Claudius to the Roman alphabet, about A.D. 44, to denote the sound of the Greek ψ (bs or ps). See Peck, Latin Pronunciation, pp. 12, 13 (N. Y. 1890); and the article alphabet.