"ς" meaning in Greek

See ς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

Forms: Σ [uppercase]
Head templates: {{head|el|letter|lowercase||uppercase|Σ}} ς • (s) (lowercase, uppercase Σ)
  1. The lower case letter sigma (σίγμα τελικό (sígma telikó)) of the Greek alphabet when used as the final letter in a word (a final sigma). In all other positions in a word the normal sigma (σ (s)) must be used. Tags: letter, lowercase
    Sense id: en-ς-el-character-jLw8bd2T Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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