Ε

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

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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

Letter

Ε • (E)

1. The letter now called epsilon (έψιλον), the fifth letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

Derived terms

• (Latin/Roman letters) E
• (Cyrillic letters) Е (Je)
• (Coptic) Ⲉ (E)

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 ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

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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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