- greek - Was η called eta or heta? - Latin Language Stack Exchange
Background: historically, Η came from the Phoenician letter het (or heth), which represented a ħ sound Some Greek dialects used it as a consonant, which is how we get the English letter "H", while others used it as a vowel, which is how we get the Greek letter "Η"
- ancient greek - The pronunciation of Eta (η) - Latin Language Stack . . .
There is no evidence that I know of for η ever being pronounced as a diphthong by Greek speakers English speakers often diphthongize vowels In some accents of English spoken in southern Britain, hair is pronounced with a long monophthong [ɛː] (the symbol "eə" is a non-phonetic conservatism in transcriptions of these accents)
- How are the sounds of E (ε) and H (η) different in classical Greek . . .
In Athenaze, the pronunciations of E (ε) and H (η) are given as comparable to the English words get and bed, respectively Other than H (η) being held longer, in my American English pronunciation there is no real difference between the sound of e in get and bed However, Wikipedia lists two different IPA pronunciations: [e] for E (ε) and
- functions - Understanding η-conversion (Lambda Calculus) - Mathematics . . .
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- (Ancient and Modern Greek) Pronunciations of ‘epsilon’ and ‘eta’
At some prehistoric point, lengthening an ε gave η, and combining an ε with a j gave ει ε was quantitatively shorter, and η and ει quantitatively longer, in terms of how much time they took to pronounce In historic times, the quality of ε was the same as the quality of ει, not the quality of η If you put two εs together in
- greek - Whats the difference in sound between the letter η and the . . .
η stood for a long open-mid front unrounded vowel, IPA [ɛ:] English has the short version of this vowel, [ɛ], in words like bed or pet It is specifically "open-mid" rather than just "mid" because it is pronounced with a more open mouth than, for example, the e sound of a language like Spanish
- Ancient Greek: first declension stem - Latin Language Stack Exchange
It is certainly true that diachronically, the -ᾱ -ᾰ( -η) at the end of the nominative singular is part of the stem, and the nominative singular is endingless Pretty much all modern synchronic grammars of Ancient Greek will also tell you the former, but may disagree on the latter; the Cambridge Grammar of Classical Greek, for example, says:
- Koine Greek - Contract verbs with η - Latin Language Stack Exchange
I’ve read the chapter and watched the videos, but I’m confused on a point Mounce’s 7 rules for contract verbs that he references cover most cases, but don’t seem to cover the case when the verb’s personal ending begins with η (for example, the 2nd person singular passive middle ending)
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