ζῆτα

See also: ζήτα

Ancient Greek

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Ζ ζ   –   English: zeta

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤆 (zayin), with influence from ἦτα (êta) and θῆτα (thêta).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɛ̂ː.ta/ → /ˈzi.ta/ → /ˈzi.ta/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɛ̂ː.ta/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈze̝.ta/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ta/

Noun

ζῆτᾰ • (zêta) n (indeclinable)

1. zeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ, ζ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

References

• “ζῆτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ζῆτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ζῆτα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette