Be she flame, or be she ickle.—Sir C. Sedley.
[40] Or periphrastic.
[41] That of the verb substantive, if I were, subjunctive, as opposed to I was, indicative.
[42] This by no means implies that such was the power of σ, ζ, γ, κ, in Greek. They are merely convenient symbols.
[43] As a name, Sigma = Samech.
[44] Of the Hebrew and Greek tables.
[45] In thin.
[46] In thine.
[47] Write one letter twice.
[48] This explains the words, "Whatever they may have been originally," and "to a certain extent," in § [212].