Re: Omega + upsilon ligature?

Marco Cimarosti wrote: > The sign was in a word looking like "ȣρων" [...] If I understand correctly, > the text also says that this sign is a diphthong which in Doric was sub- > stituted by a plain "ω" [...] > > Therefore, I tentatively identified the word as "ωυρων", and the > unknown glyph l

Re: Omega + upsilon ligature?

PS. I use the "TITUS Cyberbit Basic" font to display it, cf. . Ciao, OS

Re: Omega + upsilon ligature?

- Message d'origine - De : "Curtis Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > John Cowan wrote: > > And (uniquely for a Greek ligature?) was copied into the Latin alphabet, > > and is now in use for /w/ in certain French-derived orthographies. > > Zum [B]eispiel, U+0222 and U+0223, used in Ȣendat, an

Re: Omega + upsilon ligature?

John Cowan wrote: > And (uniquely for a Greek ligature?) was copied into the Latin alphabet, > and is now in use for /w/ in certain French-derived orthographies. Zum beispiel, U+0222 and U+0223, used in Ȣendat, an indigenous language in Québec. -- Curtis Clark http://www.csup

Re: Omega + upsilon ligature?

Marco Cimarosti: > The sign was in a word looking like "8ρων" ("8rôn") and which, according to > the text, corresponds to Latin "urina". If I understand correctly, the text > also says that this sign is a diphthong which in Doric was substituted by a > plain "ω" (omega): "Nam olem a Graecis per <8

Re: Omega + upsilon ligature?

John Hudson scripsit: > This ligature is one of the few that survived the extended period of > ligature-rich cursive Greek typography that began in the late 15th century > and withered in the mid-18th century. And (uniquely for a Greek ligature?) was copied into the Latin alphabet, and is now i

Re: Omega + upsilon ligature?

At 05:05 AM 02-10-02, Michael Everson wrote: > >Therefore, I tentatively identified the word as "?" ("ôurôn"), and the > >unknown glyph ligature as an "??" ligature ("ôu": omegha + upsilon). > >Omicron upsilon. Michael is right, it's omicron not omega. > >Does anyone know whether such a lig

Re: Omega + upsilon ligature?

To be correctly spelt, it would have to be omicron + upsilon: from your description, the appearance resembles that more closely as well. Old Latin orthography had all sorts of lovely contractions, many of them context-dependent: I seem to remember that u~ would mean "us" in "hominibus" but "um"

Re: Omega + upsilon ligature?

At 13:38 +0200 2002-10-02, Marco Cimarosti wrote: >Therefore, I tentatively identified the word as "?" ("ôurôn"), and the >unknown glyph ligature as an "??" ligature ("ôu": omegha + upsilon). Omicron upsilon. >Does anyone know whether such a ligature actually existed in old typography? >And

Omega + upsilon ligature?

I am trying to identify a Greek glyph found in an ancient Latin text. I have not seen what it looks like, but it has been described to me as an "8" with the top circle opened. The sign was in a word looking like "8???" ("8rôn") and which, according to the text, corresponds to Latin "urina". If I

Omega + upsilon ligature? [2nd attempt]

[Sorry for my previous message: I forgot to set the encoding.] I am trying to identify a Greek glyph found in an ancient Latin text. I have not seen what it looks like, but it has been described to me as an "8" with the top circle opened. The sign was in a word looking like "8ρων" ("8rôn") and w