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Translingual
Etymology
Initial of Ancient GreekCategory:Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek#Η Ἡσύχιος (Hēsúkhios), the name of Hesychius of Alexandria, its once-supposed editor.
Symbol
ΗCategory:Translingual lemmas#ΗCategory:Translingual symbols#ΗCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#ΗCategory:Pages with entries#ΗCategory:Pages with 4 entries#Η
See also
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From PhoenicianCategory:Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Phoenician#ΗCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from Phoenician#Η 𐤇 (ḥ, “ḥēt”).
Letter
Η • (Ē) (uppercase, lowercase η)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΗCategory:Ancient Greek letters#ΗCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΗCategory:Pages with entries#ΗCategory:Pages with 4 entries#Η
- The letter eta (ἦτα), the seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.
Derived terms
See also
- (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
- (non-Classical letters) Ϝ (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
- (punctuation) · ⸳ . ;
- (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́Category:Ancient Greek terms in nonstandard scripts#Η ◌̀Category:Ancient Greek terms in nonstandard scripts#Η ῀ ¨
Symbol
Η • (C)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΗCategory:Ancient Greek numeral symbols#ΗCategory:Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#ΗCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΗCategory:Pages with entries#ΗCategory:Pages with 4 entries#Η
- A digit 100 in the decimal acrophonic numeral system that predated the gematria system. An abbreviation of ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”). Equivalent to the Roman numeral C.
Usage notes
The basic acrophonic units are Ι 1, 𐅃 5, Δ 10, Η 100, Χ 1000 and Μ 10,000. Η is iterated for ΗΗ 200, ΗΗΗ 300 and ΗΗΗΗ 400, and combines with 𐅃 for 500.
Derived terms
Gaulish
Letter
Η (Ē) (no case)Category:Gaulish lemmas#ΗCategory:Gaulish letters#ΗCategory:Gaulish nouns#ΗCategory:Greek script characters#ΗCategory:Gaulish entries with incorrect language header#ΗCategory:Pages with entries#ΗCategory:Pages with 4 entries#Η
- (palaeographyCategory:cel-gau:Palaeography#Η) A letter of the Gallo-Greek Gaulish alphabet. It transcribed /e/ and /eː/.
- Synonym: Ε (E)
Greek
Pronunciation
Letter
Η • (I) (uppercase, lowercase η)Category:Greek lemmas#ΗCategory:Greek letters#ΗCategory:Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΗCategory:Pages with entries#ΗCategory:Pages with 4 entries#Η
- The upper case letter eta (ήτα), the seventh letter of the modern Greek alphabet.
Numeral
Η • (I)Category:Greek lemmas#ΗCategory:Greek numerals#ΗCategory:Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΗCategory:Pages with entries#ΗCategory:Pages with 4 entries#Η
- The number eight in Greek numerals.
See also
- ͵Η (“8000”) (a Greek numeral)
Article
Η • (I)Category:Greek lemmas#ΗCategory:Greek articles#ΗCategory:Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΗCategory:Pages with entries#ΗCategory:Pages with 4 entries#Η
Usage notes
When accented this letter forms a conjunction ή (í, “or”).