Ο ο,sixteenth (later fifteenth) letter in Gr. alphabet : as numeralό =
70 , but <*>o=
70 , 000 . The name of the letter wasοὖ,
Pl. Cra. 414c , al., Callias ap. Ath. 10.453d , Neoptol. ap. eund. 10.454f , AP 9.385 ( Steph. Gramm.) : this name was in Plato's time pronouncedlikethe letter itself, Pl. Cra. 393d ;οscanned long, Achae. 33.4 ;τὸ ο̄(v.l. Ου<>)
A.
στοιχεῖον
Suid.
s.v. Φιλοξένου γραμμάτιον ; later calledὂ μικρόν( Hdn. Epim. 209 , Theognost. Can. 13 ),littleorshort o,opp.ὢ μέγα greatorlong o.