"Ↄ" meaning in Latin

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Character

Forms: [lowercase]
Etymology: Created by the Roman Emperor Claudius. Inspired by the Greek psi. Head templates: {{head|la|letter|||||lower case|ↄ|||sc=}} Ↄ (lower case ↄ), {{la-letter|lower=ↄ}} Ↄ (lower case ↄ)
  1. Upper-case antisigma, resembling a reversed Roman numeral for one hundred. Used to replace the digraphs BS and PS, much like X stood in for the digraphs CS and GS. Tags: letter Related terms: Ⅎ ⅎ, Ⱶ ⱶ
    Sense id: en-Ↄ-la-character-lKzjTHGp Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

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