V with diagonal stroke
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V with diagonal stroke (Ꝟ, ꝟ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from V with the addition of a bar through the left stroke.
Usage
[edit | edit source]This letter is used in medieval texts as an abbreviation for vir, ver, and vere, as in Latin virgo, a maiden, or Portuguese ver, to see, conversa, conversation, or vereador, member of a town council.[1][2]
Computer encodings
[edit | edit source]Capital and small V with diagonal stroke is encoded in Unicode as of version 5.1, at codepoints U+A75E and U+A75F.[3][4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Cappelli, Lexicon Abbreviaturarum, p. 383.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Adriano Cappelli, Lexicon Abbreviaturarum, J. J. Weber, Leipzig (1928).
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