episemon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An insignia or some other distinguishing symbol.
  2. The Greek letter digamma.
  3. The digamma, koppa, or sampi as a Greek numeral sign.

Word forms

episemon episemons episema

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ἐπίσημον (epísēmon), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσημος (epísēmos, “distinguished; remarkable”), from ἐπί (epí, “above”) + σῆμα (sêma, “sign”).

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