θῆτα

See also: θήτα

Ancient Greek

previous     letter   ἦτα		following     letter   ἰῶτα
Θ θ   –   English: theta

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤈 (ṭēt).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛ̂ː.ta/ → /ˈθi.ta/ → /ˈθi.ta/

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

Noun

θῆτᾰ • (thêta) n (genitive θήτᾰτος); ? declension

1. theta, the name for the eighth letter Θ, θ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

Usage notes

While typically indeclinable, a genitive singular θήτᾰτος (thḗtatos) and θήτᾰτες (thḗtates) are attested.

Derived terms

• (Modern Greek) θήτα (thḗta)
• (English) theta

References

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