θῆτα

See also: θήτα

Ancient Greek

previous letter ἦτα		following letter ἰῶτα
Θ θ – English: theta

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤈 (ṭ‬ /⁠ṭēt⁠/).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɛ̂ː.ta/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰe̝.ta/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.ta/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.ta/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.ta/

Noun

θῆτᾰ • (thêtă) n (genitive θήτᾰτος); ? declension

theta, the name for the eighth letter Θ, θ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

Usage notes

While typically indeclinable, a genitive singular θήτᾰτος (thḗtătos) and θήτᾰτες (thḗtătes) are attested.

Descendants

Greek: θήτα (thíta)
→ English: theta

References

“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