ἦτα

See also: ἧτα, ήτα, and ήττα

Ancient Greek

previous     letter   ζῆτα		following     letter   θῆτα
Η η   –   English: eta

Etymology

Originally ἧτᾰ (hêta), borrowed from Phoenician 𐤇 (ḥēt).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̂ː.ta/ → /ˈi.ta/ → /ˈi.ta/

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

Noun

ἦτᾰ • (êta) n (indeclinable)

1. eta, the name for the seventh letter Η, η of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

Descendants

• Greek: ήτα (íta)
• English: eta

References

• “ἦτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers