ῥᾶ

See also: ῥα, ῥά, ΡΑ΄, and ρα΄

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps inherited from Proto-Hellenic *wrāha or *wrāja. Further etymology unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥âː/ → /ra/ → /ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥âː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ra/

Adverb

ῥᾶ • (rhâ)

1. Alternative form of ῥεῖα (rheîa)

Further reading

• “ῥᾶ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press