iota subscript

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• iota subscriptum

Noun

iota subscript (plural iotas subscript or iota subscripts or iota subscripta)

1. (Greek orthography) A small iota written below an alpha, eta or omega – e.g. in ᾠδή (ōidḗ) – representing a vocalic offglide that was pronounced in early Ancient Greek, but later became silent; invented in the Middle Ages in order to mark those vowels which would originally have had such an offglide.

   Coordinate term: iota adscript

Translations

small iota written below a vowel letter

French: iota souscrit (fr) m German: Iota subscriptum n Greek: υπογεγραμμένη (el) f (ypogegramméni) Ancient Greek: ὑπογεγραμμένη f (hupogegramménē) Latin: iōta subscrīptum n