ἒ ψιλόν

Ancient Greek

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Ε ε   –   English: epsilon

Etymology

Shape from Phoenician 𐤄 (h‬). Name is Greek: ἒ ψιλόν means "plain ε," in order to distinguish it from αι, which had become identical in pronunciation. Displaced earlier εἶ (eî).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e psiˈlon/ → /e psiˈlon/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e psiˈlon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e psiˈlon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e psiˈlon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e psiˈlon/

Noun

ἒ ψῑλόν • (è psīlón) n (indeclinable)

1. epsilon, the name for the fifth letter Ε, ε of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

Descendants

• Greek: έψιλον (épsilon)