ἰῶτα

See also: ιώτα

Ancient Greek

previous letter   θῆτα		following letter   κάππα
Ι ι   –   English: iota

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤉𐤃 (yd‬ /⁠yōd⁠/, the name of 𐤉 (y)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.ɔ̂ː.ta/ → /iˈo.ta/ → /iˈo.ta/

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

Noun

ῐῶτᾰ • (ĭôtă) n (indeclinable)

1. iota, the name for the ninth letter Ι (I), ι (i) of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
2. (figuratively) a jot; an iota (a small mark or stroke)

Descendants

• Greek: ιώτα (ióta), γιώτα (gióta)
• → Czech: jota
• → Dutch: jota
• → English: iota, jot
• → Finnish: ioota
• → Gothic: 𐌾𐍉𐍄𐌰 (jōta)
• → Latin: iōta
• → Old Armenian: յովտ (yovt)
• → Russian: йо́та (jóta), ио́та (ióta)

References

• “ἰῶτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἰῶτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἰῶτα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2503 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible