ꟾ

ꟾ U+A7FE, ꟾ LATIN EPIGRAPHIC LETTER I LONGA ← ꟽ [U+A7FD] Latin Extended-D ꟿ → [U+A7FF]

Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Letter

ꟾ (upper case)

1. (in ancient inscriptions) a long I, used instead of the apex (◌́) found on other vowel letters.
   • c. 100 CE Roman inscription (image):

     C[aius]·AVRELIVS / PARTꟵENIVS / ÓRNÁMENTꟾS·DEC[urionalibus] / HONÓRÁTVS·COL[oniae]·AVG[ustae] / NEMAVSꟾ·ꟾIIIIꟾVIR·AVG[ustalis] / COL[onia]·CÓPIA·CLAVD[ia]·AVG[usta]·LVGVD[uni] / ITEM·NÁRBÓNE·MÁRTIO / ET·FIR[ma]·IVL[ia]·SECVND[anorum] ARAVSIÓNE / ET·FORO·IVLIꟾ·PÁCÁTO / VBꟾQVE·GRÁTVITꟾS·HONÓRIBVS

• 
  Normal capital I
• 
  Long ꟾ
• 
  Roman numeral Ⅰ

Synonyms

• Ī

Further reading

• Long I on Wikipedia.Wikipedia