ͱ

Letter

 * 1) A variant lowercase letter for heta (ἧτα).

Etymology
Created by the Roman Emperor Claudius.

Letter

 * 1) 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.

Related terms

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