gamma-form

Updated: May 28, 2025

This work contains many literal citations of and references to foreign words, sounds, and alphabetic symbols drawn from many languages, including Gothic and Phoenician, but chiefly Latin and Greek. For example, "id:GAMMA gamma" indicates an uppercase Greek gamma-form followed by the form in lowercase.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

"id:GAMMA gamma" indicates an uppercase Greek gamma-form Followed by the form in lowercase. Some such exotic parsing as this is necessary to explain alphabetic development because a single symbol may have been used for a number of sounds in a number of languages, or even for a number of sounds in the same language at different times.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

"id:GAMMA gamma" indicates an uppercase Greek gamma-form Followed by the form in lowercase. Such exotic parsing is necessary to explain alphabetic development because a single symbol may have been used for a number of sounds in a number of languages, or even for a number of sounds in the same language at different times.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

From the Abolition of the Monarchy in Rome to the Union of Italy This work contains many literal citations of and references to foreign words, sounds, and alphabetic symbols drawn from many languages, including Gothic and Phoenician, but chiefly Latin and Greek. For example, "id:GAMMA gamma" indicates an uppercase Greek gamma-form followed by the form in lowercase.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)