First of all, the name of the letter Η must have been heta (ͱῆτα or hε͂τα) at the time when the letter was still being used to indicate /h/ - after all, it came from the Phoenician letter 𐤇/ḥet, and the first sound …

Feb 14, 2024 · This will somewhat depend on what you define as "Ancient", but there are a few things we know for sure, about some nebulous point after Greek started being written down: At some …

Nov 28, 2020 · I have visited some sources and I can't finally understand that Eta (η) in Ancient Greek pronounced like ' eɪ ' (del ay), or like ' eə ' (h ai r). In fact, should we say an ' ɪ ' at the end of …

Q&A for linguists, teachers, and students wanting to discuss the finer points of the Latin language

Q&A for linguists, teachers, and students wanting to discuss the finer points of the Latin language

Mar 13, 2026 · Q&A for linguists, teachers, and students wanting to discuss the finer points of the Latin language

Feb 10, 2026 · Vicipædia 's article on the Akkadian language renders it as lingua Accadica or lingua Babylonica. But both of those names originate much later than the death of the Akkadian language. 1 …

Aug 28, 2025 · The first sentence – the mention of material for praise of the emperor being taken up – absolutely triggers the indirect statement in the second to give the substance of that praise. You'll …

Jan 22, 2025 · It's often common when quoting a certain sentence or choosing a certain epigraph to alter its first word's initial letter in accordance with one's purpose/the syntactic context surrounding it. As an

Mar 28, 2026 · Q&A for linguists, teachers, and students wanting to discuss the finer points of the Latin language