σίγμα

See also: σῖγμα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sǐːŋ.ma/ → /ˈsiɣ.ma/ → /ˈsiɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sǐːŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɣ.ma/

Noun

σῑ́γμᾰ • (sī́gma) n (genitive σῑ́γμᾰτος); third declension

1. Alternative form of σῖγμᾰ (sîgma).

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σῑ́γμᾰ; τοῦ σῑ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῑ́γμᾰ tò sī́gma	τὼ σῑ́γμᾰτε tṑ sī́gmate	τᾰ̀ σῑ́γμᾰτᾰ tà sī́gmata
Genitive	τοῦ σῑ́γμᾰτος toû sī́gmatos	τοῖν σῑγμᾰ́τοιν toîn sīgmátoin	τῶν σῑγμᾰ́των tôn sīgmátōn
Dative	τῷ σῑ́γμᾰτῐ tôi sī́gmati	τοῖν σῑγμᾰ́τοιν toîn sīgmátoin	τοῖς σῑ́γμᾰσῐ / σῑ́γμᾰσῐν toîs sī́gmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ σῑ́γμᾰ tò sī́gma	τὼ σῑ́γμᾰτε tṑ sī́gmate	τᾰ̀ σῑ́γμᾰτᾰ tà sī́gmata
Vocative	σῑ́γμᾰ sī́gma	σῑ́γμᾰτε sī́gmate	σῑ́γμᾰτᾰ sī́gmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek

previous     letter   ρο		following     letter   ταυ
Σ σ ς   –   English: sigma

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɣma/
• Hyphenation: σίγ‧μα

Noun

σίγμα • (sígma) n (indeclinable)

1. sigma, the 18th letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

Related terms

• σιγματικός (sigmatikós, “with a sigma”, adjective)
• άσιγμος (ásigmos, “without sigma”, adjective)

See also

• Appendix:Greek alphabet

Further reading

• σίγμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• σίγμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language