{"id":36,"date":"2016-08-01T13:22:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T17:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=36"},"modified":"2016-12-01T15:04:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T20:04:36","slug":"%c2%a799-notes-on-letter-formation","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/chapter\/%c2%a799-notes-on-letter-formation\/","title":{"raw":"\u00a799. Notes on Letter Formation","rendered":"\u00a799. Notes on Letter Formation"},"content":{"raw":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;text-indent: 36pt\">The following lower-case Greek letters are not likely to cause much trouble, since they closely resemble some printed or written form of their Roman counterparts. They are presented in two different fonts, to demonstrate that their shape can vary according to taste:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;text-indent: 36pt\"><img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/08\/99.1.jpg\" alt=\"99-1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-522\" height=\"130\" width=\"494\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;text-indent: 36pt\">You will have noticed that sigma (= s) has two forms:\u00a0\u03c3 at the beginning or in the middle of a word (INITIAL or MEDIAL sigma) and\u00a0\u03c2 at the end of a word (FINAL sigma).<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;text-indent: 36pt\">Here are the more difficult or confusing lower-case letters:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;text-indent: 36pt\"><img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/08\/99.2.jpg\" alt=\"99-2\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-524\" height=\"138\" width=\"597\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;text-indent: 36pt\">Notice these letters that descend below the base-line:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;text-indent: 36pt\"><img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/08\/99.3.jpg\" alt=\"99-3\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-525\" height=\"111\" width=\"635\" \/><\/p>","rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;text-indent: 36pt\">The following lower-case Greek letters are not likely to cause much trouble, since they closely resemble some printed or written form of their Roman counterparts. They are presented in two different fonts, to demonstrate that their shape can vary according to taste:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;text-indent: 36pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/08\/99.1.jpg\" alt=\"99-1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-522\" height=\"130\" width=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/08\/99.1.jpg 659w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/08\/99.1-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/08\/99.1-65x17.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/08\/99.1-225x59.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/08\/99.1-350x92.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;text-indent: 36pt\">You will have noticed that sigma (= s) has two forms:\u00a0\u03c3 at the beginning or in the middle of a word (INITIAL or MEDIAL sigma) and\u00a0\u03c2 at the end of a word (FINAL sigma).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;text-indent: 36pt\">Here are the more difficult or confusing lower-case letters:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;text-indent: 36pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/08\/99.2.jpg\" alt=\"99-2\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-524\" height=\"138\" width=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/08\/99.2.jpg 797w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/08\/99.2-300x69.jpg 300w, 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