Ε

See also: ε; ,ε; ε-; Ὲ; ἔ; ἕ; and Appendix:Variations of "e"

Ε U+0395, Ε GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON ← Δ [U+0394] Greek and Coptic Ζ → [U+0396]

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/, /e/

Letter

Ε (E) (upper case Ε, lower case ε)

1. The 8th letter of the Arvanitic Albanian Greek-script alphabet.

See also

• Greek script letters (script appendix): Α α, Β β, B b, Γ γ, Γϳ γϳ, Δ δ, D d, Ε ε, Ε̱ ε̱, Ζ ζ, Ζ̇ ζ̇, Θ θ, Ι ι, Ϳ ϳ, Κ κ, Κ̇ κ̇, Λ λ, ΛΛ λλ, Λ̇ λ̇, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ν̇ ν̇, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Ρ̇ ρ̇, Σ σ, Σ̈ σ̈, Τ τ, Ȣ ȣ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Χ̇ χ̇, ΤΣ τσ, ΤΣ̈ τσ̈, DΣ dσ, DΣ̈ dσ̈ ^[edit]

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Phoenician letter he, from which Ε (E, “Epsilon”) derived

From the Phoenician letter 𐤄 (h, “hē”).

Letter

Ε • (E) (uppercase, lowercase ε)

1. The letter now called epsilon (ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón)), the fifth letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

Derived terms

• (Latin) E
• (Cyrillic) Е
• (Coptic) Ⲉ
• (Gothic) 𐌴

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
• (punctuation) · ⸳ . ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Gaulish

Letter

Ε (E) (no case)

1. (palaeography) A letter of the Gallo-Greek Gaulish alphabet. It transcribed /e/ and /eː/.

   Synonym: Η (Ē)

Greek

Pronunciation

• The [e] sound similar to the e in bed and in epsilon.
• IPA^(key): /ɛ/

Letter

Ε • (E) (upper case, lower case ε)

1. The upper case letter epsilon (έψιλον), the fifth letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

Numeral

Ε • (E)

1. The number five in Greek numerals.
2. (usually followed by a keraia) The number 5000 in Greek numerals.

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