πεῖ

See also: πει

Ancient Greek

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Π π   –   English: pi

Alternative forms

• πῖ (pî)

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤐 (p‬ /⁠pē⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pêː/ → /pi/ → /pi/

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

Noun

πεῖ • (peî) n (indeclinable)

1. pi, the name for the sixteenth letter Π, π of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

Descendants

• Greek: πι (pi)
• → Finnish: pii

References

• “πεῖ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πῖ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette