upsila

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Etymology

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Adjective

upsila

  1. A species epithet.
    • 2004, D. McIlroy, The Application of Ichnology to Palaeoenvironmental and Stratigraphic Analysis (in English), page 81:
      The type ichnospecies, P. tubiformis, is unlined, as are other ichnospecies, though P. upsila (Frey et al. 1984) and P. lutimuratus (Nesbitt & Campbell 2002) have a distinctive mud lining.

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Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλά (û psilá), plural construction of ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón).

Noun

upsila pl

  1. plural of upsilon
    • 1981, Jaan Puhvel, Analecta Indoeuropaea: Delectus Operum Minorum Plerumque Anglice Aliquando Francogallice Editorum Annos 1952–1977 Complectens, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 134, →ISBN:
      Why there is no parallel ḫi- remains a mystery. It is idle to argue for some kind of parasitic origin, comparable to the rampage of spiritus asper over initial upsila in Attic Greek; the very contrast ḫu- : w- is distinctive.
    • 1991, Jaan Puhvel, Hittite Etymological Dictionary: Words beginning with H (Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 303–304
      Gk. ῦει ‘to rain’ may represent either *sE₂uH₂-ye- or *E₂uH₂-ye- (spiritus asper being automatic on initial upsila), thus a -ye/o- derivative (stative like e. g. χαίρω?) from the zero grade of the root stem seen in Toch. A 3 pl. swiñc < *sE₂uH₂-énti.
    • 1993, Studia Varia from the J. Paul Getty Museum, →ISBN, page 96, →ISBN:
      Serifs are a regular feature of letters in both the Getty and the PFayum 4 papyrus fragments. Upsila, similarly formed in all, are decorated with serifs on the base of the vertical stroke at PFayum 4.11, Getty recto line 1, and Getty verso line 7.
    • 1994, Adam Bülow-Jacobsen , Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Papyrologists, Copenhagen, 23–29 August, 1992 (Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 286
      Inconsistent letter forms: e.g. upsila in 1.2; kappas in 1.7; long rho in πρωτον vs. short rho in ημετερα; epsila in επελθω.

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