Ͱ in Ancient Greek

Forms: ͱ [lowercase] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: A variant of the letter Η (Ē) (eta), of which it retains the original sound value of /h/. Head templates: {{head|grc|letter|upper case||lower case|ͱ}} Ͱ • (transliteration needed) (upper case, lower case ͱ)

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{
  "etymology_text": "A variant of the letter Η (Ē) (eta), of which it retains the original sound value of /h/.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ͱ",
      "tags": [
        "lowercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "letter",
        "3": "upper case",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lower case",
        "6": "ͱ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ͱ • (transliteration needed) (upper case, lower case ͱ)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The uppercase letter heta (ἧτα), used to represent the /h/ sound."
      ],
      "id": "en-Ͱ-grc-character-2N72nFn5",
      "links": [
        [
          "uppercase",
          "uppercase"
        ],
        [
          "heta",
          "heta"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "uppercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ͱ"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "A variant of the letter Η (Ē) (eta), of which it retains the original sound value of /h/.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ͱ",
      "tags": [
        "lowercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "letter",
        "3": "upper case",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lower case",
        "6": "ͱ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ͱ • (transliteration needed) (upper case, lower case ͱ)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek letters",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for transliteration of Ancient Greek terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The uppercase letter heta (ἧτα), used to represent the /h/ sound."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "uppercase",
          "uppercase"
        ],
        [
          "heta",
          "heta"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "uppercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ͱ"
}

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"Ͱ" meaning in Ancient Greek

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