θῆτα
See also: θήτα
Ancient Greek
[edit]| previous letter ἦτα |
 
|
following letter ἰῶτα |
| Θ θ – English: theta | ||
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤈 (ṭ /ṭēt/).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰɛ̂ː.ta/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰe̝.ta/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθi.ta/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθi.ta/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθi.ta/
Noun
[edit]θῆτᾰ • (thêta) n (genitive θήτᾰτος); ? declension
- theta, the name for the eighth letter Θ, θ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
Usage notes
[edit]While typically indeclinable, a genitive singular θήτᾰτος (thḗtatos) and θήτᾰτες (thḗtates) are attested.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “θῆτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θῆτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- θῆτα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette