omicra
omicra is the plural of omicron; Alternative form of omicron.
Meaning of omicron
Noun
omicron (plural omicrons or omicra)
- The 15th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets (16th in Ancient and Old Greek), used in ordering lists as in naming (astronomy) the 15th star of a constellation or (epidemiology) the 15th discovered major variant of a disease.
- Your Majestie knows that unfortunate I [...] was the first who when I published my Poem of Italia Liberata endeavoured to bring the Omicron, Eupselon, Omega, and other Greek Letters, which I thought very requisite for that language, into my own Tongue;1656 [1612], Henry, Earl of Monmouth, transl., I Raggvagli di Parnasso: or Advertisements from Parnassus, London: Humphrey Moseley, translation of De Ragguagli di Parnaso by Traiano Boccalini, page...
Noun capitalized: Omicra
Omicra pl
Origin of omicra
From the Ancient Greek ὂ μικρά (ò mikrá), plural construction of ὂ μικρόν (ò mikrón).
Questions about omicra
- What is omicra the plural of omicron; Alternative form of?
- Omicra is the plural of omicron; Alternative form of omicron.
- What part of speech is omicra?
- Omicra is a noun.
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