Ͱ
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See also: Ꟶ [U+A7F5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED HALF H]
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A variant of the letter Η (Ē) (eta), of which it retains the original sound value of /h/.
Letter[edit]
Ͱ • (H) (upper case, lower case ͱ)
See also[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Created by the Roman Emperor Claudius.
Letter[edit]
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 optumus and optimus, later used as a variant of y in inscriptions for Greek upsilon (as in Olympicus), possibly inspired by an early form of the spiritus asper.