Definitions for Iota subscript
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1. iota subscriptnoun

   An iota representing a sound that was, in early Greek, pronounced after a long vowel, and persisted in writing long after it dropped out of speech, being written under the long vowel in lowercase.

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1. Iota subscript

   The iota subscript is a diacritic mark in the Greek alphabet shaped like a small vertical stroke or miniature iota ⟨ι⟩ placed below the letter. It can occur with the vowel letters eta ⟨η⟩, omega ⟨ω⟩, and alpha ⟨α⟩. It represents the former presence of an [i] offglide after the vowel, forming a so‐called "long diphthong". Such diphthongs (i.e., ηι, ωι, ᾱι)—phonologically distinct from the corresponding normal or "short" diphthongs (i.e., ει, οι, ᾰι )—were a feature of ancient Greek in the pre-classical and classical eras. The offglide was gradually lost in pronunciation, a process that started already during the classical period and continued during the Hellenistic period, with the result that, from approximately the 1st century BC onwards, the former long diphthongs were no longer distinguished in pronunciation from the simple long vowels (long monophthongs) η, ω, ᾱ respectively.During the Roman and Byzantine eras, the iota, now mute, was sometimes still written as a normal letter but was often simply left out. The iota subscript was invented by Byzantine philologists in the 12th century AD as an editorial symbol marking the places where such spelling variation occurred.The alternative practice, of writing the mute iota not under, but next to the preceding vowel, is known as iota adscript. In mixed-case environments, it is represented either as a slightly reduced iota (smaller than regular lowercase iota), or as a full-sized lowercase iota. In the latter case, it can be recognized as iota adscript by the fact that it never carries any diacritics (breathing marks, accents). In uppercase-only environments, it is represented again either as slightly reduced iota (smaller than regular lowercase iota), or as a full-sized uppercase Iota. In digital environments, and for linguistic reasons also in all other environments, the representation as a slightly reduced iota is recommended. There are Unicode codepoints for all Greek vowels with iota adscript (for example, U+1FBC ᾼ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA WITH PROSGEGRAMMENI), allowing for easy implementation of that recommendation in digital environments.

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1. Iota subscript

   The iota subscript is a diacritic mark in the Greek alphabet shaped like a small vertical stroke or miniature iota 〈ι〉 placed below the letter. It can occur with the vowel letters eta 〈η〉, omega 〈ω〉 and alpha 〈α〉. It represents the former presence of an [i] offglide after the vowel, forming a so-called "long diphthong". Such diphthongs, ηι, ωι, αι, phonologically distinct from the corresponding normal diphthongs ει, οι, αι, were a feature of ancient Greek in the classical era. The offglide was lost in pronunciation during the Hellenistic period, with the result that from approximately the 1st century BC onwards the former diphthongs were no longer distinguished from the simple long vowels η, ω, ᾱ respectively. During the Roman and Byzantine eras, the 〈ι〉, now mute, was sometimes still written as a normal letter, but often simply left out. The iota subscript was invented as an editorial symbol marking the places where such spelling variation occurred by Byzantine philologists in the 12th century AD. The alternative practice, of writing the mute iota as a full-sized letter 〈ι〉, is known as iota adscript.

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1. iota subscript

   Read the full text of the Iota Subscript poem by Robert Frost on the Poetry.com website.

How to pronounce Iota subscript?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Iota subscript in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Iota subscript in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Iota subscript in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

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3. ^ Wikidata
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