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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromστῐγμή
- English todaystigme
From Ancient Greek στῐγμή (stĭgmḗ). Compare stigmal and stigmate; hypodigm and paradigm; hexastigm, polystigm, tetrastigm, and tristigm.
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Today it means: A dot used as a punctuation mark in historical Greek texts, especially at the top of the line, equivalent to a period or full stop. Full definition →
From Ancient Greek στῐγμή (stĭgmḗ). Compare stigmal and stigmate; hypodigm and paradigm; hexastigm, polystigm, tetrastigm, and tristigm.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.