ϼ

See also: ₽

ϼ U+03FC, ϼ GREEK RHO WITH STROKE SYMBOL ← ϻ [U+03FB] Greek and Coptic Ͻ → [U+03FD]

Translingual

Letter

ϼ

1. used as shorthand for words beginning with ρろー
2. a graphic substitute for rotated eth, equivalent to IPA ⟨ð̞⟩.

Ancient Greek

Noun

ϼ • (r.)

1. Abbreviation of νにゅー μみゅーνにゅーαあるふぁῖ (n mnaî, “50 mina”).

Quotations

• early 3rd-century, Sextus Julius Africanus, Kestoi, chapter on weights and measures:

  … τたうὴνにゅー δでるたὲ μみゅーνにゅーᾶνにゅー τたうῷ μみゅー ἐπικείμενον ἔχοντι τたうὸ νにゅー (μみゅーνにゅー) (τたうὸ νにゅー μみゅーνにゅー πεντήκοντα μみゅーνにゅーᾶς, ἐνίοτε δでるたὲ ρろー δでるたιいおたὰ μέσου γがんまρろーαあるふぁμみゅーμみゅーὴνにゅー ἔχかいοおみくろんνにゅー τたうὸ αあるふぁὐτたうὸ σημαίνει ϼ) …

  and the mina by the μみゅー having the νにゅー on top of it (μみゅーνにゅー) (50 μみゅーνにゅー = fifty mina, and sometimes ρろー having a line through the middle means the same ϼ) …