From: Carlton Winbery (winberyc@popalex1.linknet.net)
Date: Wed Feb 10 1999 - 08:24:32 EST
Dan Oglesby wrote;
>
>I was kinda wondering...
>
>Does the letter W have any numerical value in any of the
>languages?
>
The Greek omega is used for 800 in Hellenistic Greek. The next character
is the sampi which stands for 900.
Carlton L. Winbery
Fogleman Professor of Religion
Louisiana College
Pineville, LA 71359
winberyc@popalex1.linknet.net
winbery@andria.lacollege.edu
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