Sicilicus
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sicilicus-312-15259340
title:
Sicilicus
text:
A sicilicus was an old Latin diacritical mark, ͗, like a reversed C (Ɔ) placed above a letter and evidently deriving its name from its shape like a little sickle. The ancient sources say that during the time of the Republic it was placed above a geminate consonant to indicate that the consonant counted twice, although there is hardly any epigraphic or paleographic evidence available from such an early time. When such geminate consonants began to be represented during classical times by writing
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Diacritical mark in old Latin
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilicus
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2023-09-11T22:27:22Z
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