omikron

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of omikron; Alternative spelling of omicron.
2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of omicron.

   “Perhaps among later additions is the name Ergotimos on (b) col.3, 1.58. In this name the omikra are taller as compared with other omikra in the list of names, but the other letters are of the same height. I am therefore not wholly convinced that we really have a later addition. It is the last name in col.3 and we cannot tell what made the engraver incise the omikra taller.”

   “[W]hat follows I would explain as an unsuccessful attempt at spelling the verbal form καμομένου with the first omikron clumsily written in the gap at the top of Powell’s character 45 with the upper curve following the scratch. […] As will be seen form Powell’s copy there are other examples of awkward omikra, e.g. characters 37 and 39.”

   “[U]pper l. dolphin swims anti-clockwise, necklace-pendant is vase, there are two omikra in legend and signature beneath truncation is ΦΡΥΓΙΛΛ/ΟΣ.”