2. Noun. The numeral 900. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sampi
1. a supposed name of a Greek numerical character [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sampi
Literary usage of Sampi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Greek Grammar by William Watson Goodwin (1895)
"N. Three letters belonging to the primitive Greek alphabet, Vau or Digamma (f),
equivalent to V or W, Koppa (9), equivalent to Q, and sampi (7D), ..."
2. The Sounds and Inflections of the Greek Dialects: Ionic by Herbert Weir Smyth (1894)
"... is to be read and that aa is expressed by sampi. ... at least sampi is certain
only in non-Hellenic words. ..."
3. A Greek Grammar: For Schools and Colleges. by James Hadley (1884)
"Those from p to a> denote hundreds 100—, ^¡ (sampi) being added ... sampi, like
нам and koppa (7), was a letter of the primitive Greek alphabet, ..."
4. A Greek Grammar for Schools and Colleges by James Hadley, Frederic De Forest Allen (1912)
"sampi, like vau and koppa (7), was a letter of the primitive Greek alphabet,
which became obsolete except as a numeral sign. b. The letters of the alphabet ..."
5. A Greek Grammar, for Schools and Colleges by James Hadley (1871)
"Those from p to ш denote hundreds 100—800, #>' (sampi) being added for 900. ...
Koppa and sampi, like Digamma, were letters of the primitive Greek alphabet, ..."
6. A Greek Grammar by William Watson Goodwin (1895)
"N. Three letters belonging to the primitive Greek alphabet, Vau or Digamma (f),
equivalent to V or W, Koppa (9), equivalent to Q, and sampi (7D), ..."
7. The Sounds and Inflections of the Greek Dialects: Ionic by Herbert Weir Smyth (1894)
"... is to be read and that aa is expressed by sampi. ... at least sampi is certain
only in non-Hellenic words. ..."
8. A Greek Grammar: For Schools and Colleges. by James Hadley (1884)
"Those from p to a> denote hundreds 100—, ^¡ (sampi) being added ... sampi, like
нам and koppa (7), was a letter of the primitive Greek alphabet, ..."
9. A Greek Grammar for Schools and Colleges by James Hadley, Frederic De Forest Allen (1912)
"sampi, like vau and koppa (7), was a letter of the primitive Greek alphabet,
which became obsolete except as a numeral sign. b. The letters of the alphabet ..."
10. A Greek Grammar, for Schools and Colleges by James Hadley (1871)
"Those from p to ш denote hundreds 100—800, #>' (sampi) being added for 900. ...
Koppa and sampi, like Digamma, were letters of the primitive Greek alphabet, ..."
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