Translingual

Alternative forms

• (non-standard) ε΄

Numeral

Ε΄ • ‎(E΄)

1. The Greek numeral representing the number five (5), typically romanized as the Roman numeral V.

   Ο Αλέξιος Εʹ Δούκας ο επιλεγόμενος μούρτζουφλος ήταν ο αυτοκράτορας των Ρωμαίων (5 Φεβρουαρίου 1204 - 12 Απριλίου 1204).

   Alexius V Ducas, known as the Thick-Brow, was the emperor of the Romans from February 5 to April 12, 1204.

Usage notes

The Greek numbers from 1 to 999 are properly marked using the Greek numeral sign (κεραία, keraía). This appears in Unicode as greek numeral sign ʹ (U+0374), which is anomalous on Wiktionary and improperly links as ʹ (modifier letter prime, U+02B9). This entry is encoded using the modern Greek accent mark (τόνος, tónos), which appears in Unicode as tonos ΄ (U+0384). Other marks are also sometimes used.

Related terms

• πέντε
• πέμπτος

See also

εʹ and ε' redirect here.

Translingual

Numeral

ε΄

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of Ε΄ ‎(E΄)

Usage notes

Nonstandard in modern Greek, which typically employs the capital letters. Byzantine Greek employed lower-case letters, but used macrons rather than the present-day numeral mark. The Greek numbers from 1 to 999 are properly marked using the Greek numeral sign (κεραία, keraía). This appears in Unicode as greek numeral sign ʹ (U+0374), which is anomalous on Wiktionary and improperly links as ʹ (modifier letter prime, U+02B9). This entry is encoded using the modern Greek accent mark (τόνος, tónos), which appears in Unicode as tonos ΄ (U+0384). Other marks are also sometimes used.