"Upsilon" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... (1) the inverted diagamma [Picture: inverted diagamma] to mark the consonantal sound of V; (2) the character known as "anti-sigma" [Picture: Anti-sigma] to express the sound denoted by the Greek ψ (ps or bs); and (3) the sign [Picture: a Latin form of upsilon], which was to have the sound of the Greek υ, i.e. of modern French u or German ü. It may be mentioned also, that consonants were not doubled in writing Latin until the practice was adopted from the Greek by Ennius (B.C. 239-169), who in various ways conformed ...
— Latin Pronunciation - A Short Exposition of the Roman Method • Harry Thurston Peck |
