Ꟶ
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Latin
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[edit]Ꟶ (upper case, lower case ꟶ)
- An epigraphic form of H found in inscriptions from Roman Gaul; appears word-initially, but also in digraphs CꟵ, PꟵ, RꟵ and TꟵ in words derived from Greek.
- c. 100 CE Roman inscription (image):
- C[aius]·AVRELIVS / PARTꟵENIVS / ÓRNÁMENTꟾS·DEC[urionalibus] / HONÓRÁTVS·COL[oniae]·AVG[ustae] / NEMAVSꟾ·ꟾIIIIꟾVIR·AVG[ustalis] / COL[onia]·CÓPIA·CLAVD[ia]·AVG[usta]·LVGVD[uni] / ITEM·NÁRBÓNE·MÁRTIO / ET·FIR[ma]·IVL[ia]·SECVND[anorum] ARAVSIÓNE / ET·FORO·IVLIꟾ·PÁCÁTO / VBꟾQVE·GRÁTVITꟾS·HONÓRIBVS
Usage notes
[edit]Forms ligatures ꟵI, ꟵE, ꟵR, which are typeset using the zero-width joiner.
Further reading
[edit]- Reversed half H on Wikipedia.Wikipedia