ζῆτα

See also: ζήτα

Ancient Greek

previous letter ἒ ψιλόν		following letter ἦτα
Ζ ζ – English: zeta

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤆‬‎ (zayin), with influence from ἦτα (êta) and θῆτα (thêta).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɛ̂ː.ta/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈze.ta/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ta/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ta/
(15^th 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.

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

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