ᾗ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "h"

ᾗ U+1F97, ᾗ GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA WITH DASIA AND PERISPOMENI AND YPOGEGRAMMENI Composition: η [U+03B7] + ◌̔ [U+0314] + ◌͂ [U+0342] + ◌ͅ [U+0345] ← ᾖ [U+1F96] Greek Extended ᾘ → [U+1F98]

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛ̂ːi̯/ → /ˈi/ → /ˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛ̂ːi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi/

Etymology 1

Adverb

ᾗ • (hēî)

1. which way, where, whither
2. how, as
3. wherefore
4. insofar as
5. as ... as possible (with a form of δύναμαι (dúnamai))

Alternative forms

• εἷ (heî) — Doric

Derived terms

• ἧχι (hêkhi)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ᾗ • (hēî)

1. feminine dative singular of ὅς (hós)

Determiner

ᾗ • (hēî)

1. feminine dative singular of ὅς (hós)

Etymology 3

Verb

ᾗ • (hēî)

1. inflection of ῑ̔́ημῐ (hī́ēmĭ):
   1. third-person singular aorist active subjunctive
   2. second-person singular aorist middle subjunctive

References

• “ᾗ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ᾗ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ᾗ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ᾗ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette