ἦτα
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Ancient Greek
[edit] previous letter ζῆτα |
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following letter θῆτα |
Η η – English: eta |
Etymology
[edit]Originally ἧτᾰ (hêta), borrowed from Phoenician 𐤇 (ḥ /ḥēt/).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛ̂ː.ta/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe̝.ta/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ta/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ta/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.ta/
Noun
[edit]ἦτᾰ • (êta) n (indeclinable)
- eta, the name for the seventh letter Η, η of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “ἦτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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