Missing
letters? Missing numbers?
Stigma aka Digamma ($=
6) Koppa (& =90) Sampsi ("
=900)
The
Greek Alphabet
The
Greek letters were 24 and the required number,27, was made up by using
the final "s" or $(called
Stigma) for 6, and adding two arbitrary symbols called respectively
Koppa, for 90, and Sampsi, for 900.
Alpha=1 |
Iota=10 |
Rho=100 |
Beta=2 |
Kappa=20 |
Sigma=200 |
Gamma=3 |
Lambda=30 |
Tau=300 |
Delta=4 |
Mu=40 |
Upsilon=400 |
Epsilon=5 |
Nu=50 |
Phi=500 |
Stigma=6 |
Xi=60 |
Chi=600 |
Zeta=7 |
Omicron=70 |
Psi=700 |
Eta=8 |
Pi=80 |
Omega=800 |
Theta=9 |
Koppa=90 |
Sampsi=900 |