sigmatic (sigmatik)

[ Sigmatic aorists and futures in pure verbs are "new words." Amer . Jour . Philol ., V. 165. Memini is a different thing from dixi (ἔδειξα); the latter is a sigmatic aorist. The Academy , Nov. 30, 1889, p. 358. sigmation (sig-ma's hon), n. [ sigmate + -ion .] The adding of a sigma or s at the end of a word or a syllable. This fondne for pluralizing... is constantly showing itself both in a purely sensele sigmation and in a duplication of the plural ending. N. and Q., 7th ser., VII. 142. sigmatism (sig'ma-tizm), n. [ mus , σιγματίζειν , write with sigma, σίγμα , sigma: see sigma .] 1. The use or presence of sigma ors; repetition or recurrence of s or of the s-sound. D read clearly "terras que cit is rat is attigit auris," perhaps rightly, as the sigmatism is quite Ovidian. Cla ical Rev., III. 270. 2. Difficult or defective pronunciation of the sound s.