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ι, ἰῶτα, τό, indecl., tenth (later ninth) letter of the Gr. alphabet: as numeral ιʹ = 10, but ͵ι = 10,000.
    ι ‘subscript’ of modern texts was said προσγράφεσθαι, cf. D.T. 639.14, A.D. Pron. 87.10, Ael.Dion. Fr. 192 (also τὸ ληιστής (disyll.) . . ἔχει προσκείμενον τὸ ῑ Hdn.Gr. 2.946), and this mode of writing is found in Papyri, Inscrr., and some medieval Mss. (e.g. cod. A of Plato, saec. ix, which has τῶι = τῷ, etc.); the present mode is found as early as the tenth century, and came into use in the thirteenth. This ι was prob. always pronounced up to ca. 150 B.C., but thereafter dropped in pronunciation, cf. D.T. l.c.; hence called ι ἀνεκφώνητον Choerob. in Theod. 1.143 and freq. omitted in Pap. and Inscrr. (cf. Epigr. ap. Str. 14.1.41, = SIG 766), later freq. restored in writing, sts. in the wrong place (v. ῥάθυμος). From ca. 150 B.C. (at Argos from ca. 450 B.C., v. SIG 56.13) ει was pronounced ι and the sound is written indifferently ει or ι.

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the letter iota

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ι, ἰῶτα, τό, indecl., tenth (later ninth) letter of the Gr. alphabet: as numeral ιʹ = 10, but ͵ι = 10,000.
IDX:
49827
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n49644
Key:
*ii

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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n49644-n0
ι ‘subscript’ of modern texts was said προσγράφεσθαι, cf. D.T. 639.14, A.D. Pron. 87.10, Ael.Dion. Fr. 192 (also τὸ ληιστής (disyll.) . . ἔχει προσκείμενον τὸ ῑ Hdn.Gr. 2.946), and this mode of writing is found in Papyri, Inscrr., and some medieval Mss. (e.g. cod. A of Plato, saec. ix, which has τῶι = τῷ, etc.); the present mode is found as early as the tenth century, and came into use in the thirteenth. This ι was prob. always pronounced up to ca. 150 B.C., but thereafter dropped in pronunciation, cf. D.T. l.c.; hence called ι ἀνεκφώνητον Choerob. in Theod. 1.143 and freq. omitted in Pap. and Inscrr. (cf. Epigr. ap. Str. 14.1.41, = SIG 766), later freq. restored in writing, sts. in the wrong place (v. ῥάθυμος). From ca. 150 B.C. (at Argos from ca. 450 B.C., v. SIG 56.13) ει was pronounced ι and the sound is written indifferently ει or ι.
Citations (1)
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-67350
Choerob. in Theod. 1.143
ι ἀνεκφώνητον
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4093.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.143

Citations (From Models)

{'quote': 'ι ἀνεκφώνητον', 'ref': 'Choerob. in Theod. 1.143', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4093.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.143'}

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