ζῆτα
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Ancient Greek
| previous letter ἒ ψιλόν |
 
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following letter ἦτα |
| Ζ ζ – English: zeta | ||
Etymology
Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤆 (z /zayin/), with influence from ἦτα (êta) and θῆτα (thêta).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdɛ̂ː.ta/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈze̝.ta/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzi.ta/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzi.ta/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzi.ta/
Noun
ζῆτᾰ • (zêta) n (indeclinable)
- zeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ, ζ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
Descendants
- Greek: ζήτα (zíta)
- → Latin: zēta
References
- “ζῆτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ζῆτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ζῆτα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette