ζ

See also: Ζ; ,ζ; and Appendix:Variations of "z"

Translingual

Symbol

ζ

1. (mathematics) A mathematical function formally known as the Riemann zeta function.

See also

• ζ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Ζ, from the Phoenician letter 𐤆, zayin.

Letter

ζ • (z) (lowercase, uppercase Ζ)

1. Lower-case zeta, the seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was ζῆτα. The sound it represented is disputed, some claim it was /zd/, others claim it was /dz/. It is preceded by ϝ and followed by η.

Derived terms

• ζ' (z'), ,ζ (,z)
• z, Z (Roman)
• з, З (Cyrillic)
• ⲍ, Ⲍ (Coptic)

See also

• Appendix:Greek alphabet
• (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

Letter

ζ • (z) (lowercase, uppercase Ζ)

1. Lower-case zeta, the sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet. Its name is ζήτα and it represents a voiced alveolar fricative: /z/. It is preceded by ε and followed by η.

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) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨