μ

μ, [full] μῦ, τό, [dialect] Ion.

A

μῶ Democr.19

: indecl., thirteenth (later twelfth) letter of the Gr. alphabet: as numeral μ = 40, but [num] μ' = 40,000.—In Inscrr. M stands for μύριοι or μυριάς: hence <*> for πεντακισμύριοι or πέντε μυριάδες, 50,000.