"iota subscript" meaning in English

See iota subscript in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: iotas subscript [plural], iota subscripts [plural], iota subscripta [plural], iota subscriptum [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|iotas subscript|+|iota subscripta}} 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. Wikipedia link: iota subscript Tags: Greek Translations (small iota written below a vowel letter): ὑπογεγραμμένη (hupogegramménē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), iota souscrit [masculine] (French), Iota subscriptum [neuter] (German), υπογεγραμμένη (ypogegramméni) [feminine] (Greek), iōta subscrīptum [neuter] (Latin)

Inflected forms

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        "masculine"
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      "word": "iota souscrit"
    },
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      ],
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    },
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