Ηη,
ἦτα (q.v.),
τό, indecl., eighth (later seventh) letter of the Gr. alphabet; as numeral
ή,=
ὀκτώ and
ὄγδοος, but
ἡνυμ),=
8 ,
000 . In most local alphabets of v B.C. and earlier it represents
A). 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 .