Ͱ
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See also: Ꟶ [U+A7F5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED HALF H]
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Etymology
A variant of the letter Η (Ē) (eta), of which it retains the original sound value of /h/.
Letter
Ͱ • (H) (upper case, lower case ͱ)
See also
Etymology
Created by the Roman Emperor Claudius.
Letter
Ͱ (lower case ⱶ)
- Used to represent the so called sonus medius, a short vowel sound between U and I before labial consonants in Latin words such as ⟨OPTͰMUS⟩ for optumus and optimus, later used as a variant of Y in inscriptions for Greek upsilon (as in ⟨OLͰMPICUS⟩ for Olympicus), possibly inspired by an early form of the spiritus asper.
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