"upsila" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From the Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλά (û psilá), plural construction of ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón).",
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          "source": "w"
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          "ref": "1981, Jaan Puhvel, Analecta Indoeuropaea: Delectus Operum Minorum Plerumque Anglice Aliquando Francogallice Editorum Annos 1952–1977 Complectens, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck, page 134",
          "text": "Why there is no parallel ḫi- remains a mystery. It is idle to argue for some kind of parasitic origin, comparable to the rampage of spiritus asper over initial upsila in Attic Greek; the very contrast ḫu- : w- is distinctive.",
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          "ref": "1991, Jaan Puhvel, Hittite Etymological Dictionary: Words beginning with H (Walter de Gruyter, pages 303–304",
          "text": "Gk. ῦει ‘to rain’ may represent either *sE₂uH₂-ye- or *E₂uH₂-ye- (spiritus asper being automatic on initial upsila), thus a -ye/o- derivative (stative like e. g. χαίρω?) from the zero grade of the root stem seen in Toch. A 3 pl. swiñc < *sE₂uH₂-énti."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, Studia Varia from the J. Paul Getty Museum, page 96",
          "text": "Serifs are a regular feature of letters in both the Getty and the PFayum 4 papyrus fragments. Upsila, similarly formed in all, are decorated with serifs on the base of the vertical stroke at PFayum 4.11, Getty recto line 1, and Getty verso line 7.",
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          "ref": "1994, Adam Bülow-Jacobsen [ed.], Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Papyrologists, Copenhagen, 23–29 August, 1992 (Museum Tusculanum Press, page 286",
          "text": "Inconsistent letter forms: e.g. upsila in 1.2; kappas in 1.7; long rho in πρωτον vs. short rho in ημετερα; epsila in επελθω."
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        "plural of upsilon"
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          "ref": "1981, Jaan Puhvel, Analecta Indoeuropaea: Delectus Operum Minorum Plerumque Anglice Aliquando Francogallice Editorum Annos 1952–1977 Complectens, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck, page 134",
          "text": "Why there is no parallel ḫi- remains a mystery. It is idle to argue for some kind of parasitic origin, comparable to the rampage of spiritus asper over initial upsila in Attic Greek; the very contrast ḫu- : w- is distinctive.",
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          "text": "Gk. ῦει ‘to rain’ may represent either *sE₂uH₂-ye- or *E₂uH₂-ye- (spiritus asper being automatic on initial upsila), thus a -ye/o- derivative (stative like e. g. χαίρω?) from the zero grade of the root stem seen in Toch. A 3 pl. swiñc < *sE₂uH₂-énti."
        },
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          "ref": "1993, Studia Varia from the J. Paul Getty Museum, page 96",
          "text": "Serifs are a regular feature of letters in both the Getty and the PFayum 4 papyrus fragments. Upsila, similarly formed in all, are decorated with serifs on the base of the vertical stroke at PFayum 4.11, Getty recto line 1, and Getty verso line 7.",
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