Sampi (letter)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Common letters | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Αα | Alpha | Νν | Nu |
| Ββ | Beta | Ξξ | Xi |
| Γγ | Gamma | Οο | Omicron |
| Δδ | Delta | Ππ | Pi |
| Εε | Epsilon | Ρρ | Rho |
| Ζζ | Zeta | Σσς | Sigma |
| Ηη | Eta | Ττ | Tau |
| Θθ | Theta | Υυ | Upsilon |
| Ιι | Iota | Φφ | Phi |
| Κκ | Kappa | Χχ | Chi |
| Λλ | Lambda | Ψψ | Psi |
| Μμ | Mu | Ωω | Omega |
| Uncommon letters | |||
| Digamma | Qoppa | ||
| San | Sampi | ||
| Other letters | |||
| Stigma | Sho | ||
| Heta | |||
|
|
|||
| Greek alphabet | |||
Sampi (ϡ) is a sign for the number "900" used in the system of Greek numerals. Before that, it was a letter that was used in the Greek alphabet in a few Greek cities in the 5th century BC. At that time, it looked like
or
. It was probably pronounced like "ts" or "tch" in the dialect of those cities. Over time, it was changed from
to
or
and at last to
.