η
η, ἦτα (q.v.), τό, indecl., eighth (later seventh) letter of the Gr. alphabet; as numeral ηʹ, = ὀκτώ and ὄγδοος, but ͵η,= 8,000. In most local alphabets of v B.C. and earlier it represents h, in others (incl. the Ion. = later general Gr. alphabet) one of the long ē sounds (cf. βῆ βῆ). Described by E. Fr. 382.5, Agatho 4.2.
Headword (normalized/stripped):
η
Intro Text:
η, ἦτα (q.v.), τό, indecl., eighth (later seventh) letter of the Gr. alphabet; as numeral ηʹ, = ὀκτώ and ὄγδοος, but ͵η,= 8,000. In most local alphabets of v B.C. and earlier it represents h, in others (incl. the Ion. = later general Gr. alphabet) one of the long ē sounds (cf. βῆ βῆ). Described by E. Fr. 382.5, Agatho 4.2.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n46567
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