[B-Greek] Movable *sigma*?!

Brent Hudson brent at riveroflifembchurch.com
Wed Jun 16 19:04:37 EDT 2004


See Smyth sec. 136.  It's mostly about hOUTWS and EX.  With only two words,
perhaps it should be called the "so-called movable sigma".

Brent Hudson
Moncton, NB

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> Perhaps to my shame, I have never heard of a "movable sigma." 
> But in reading tonight from the Introduction to the Editio 
> Critica Maior of James (v. 4, pt. 1, text vol., p. 17*) I 
> find the statement, "all orthographica are recorded except 
> for the movable sigma and the movable nu." I know about 
> movable nu (that's basic first-year info), but in more than 
> 30 years of working with Greek, I don't remember any 
> reference to movable sigma. 
> (Perhaps that's more an indication of my memory than anything 
> else! :) Can someone enlighten me as to the situations in 
> which a sigma may be movable?
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