DETAILED NOTES ON S

The form of Latin S arises from Greek Σ by dropping just one out in the 4 strokes of that letter. The (angular) S-condition composed of three strokes existed to be a variant in the 4-stroke letter Σ now while in the epigraphy of Western Greek alphabets, as well as the 3 and 4 strokes variants existed along with each other in the classical Etrusca