See also: Appendix:Variations of "h"
U+1F97, ᾗ
GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA WITH DASIA AND PERISPOMENI AND YPOGEGRAMMENI
Composition:η [U+03B7] + ◌̔ [U+0314] + ◌͂ [U+0342] + ◌ͅ [U+0345]

[U+1F96]
Greek Extended
[U+1F98]

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Adverb

• (hēî)

  1. which way, where, whither
  2. how, as
  3. wherefore
  4. insofar as
  5. as ... as possible (with a form of δύναμαι (dúnamai))
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronoun

• (hēî)

  1. feminine dative singular of ὅς (hós)

Determiner

• (hēî)

  1. feminine dative singular of ὅς (hós)

Etymology 3

Verb

• (hēî)

  1. inflection of ῑ̔́ημῐ (hī́ēmĭ):
    1. third-person singular aorist active subjunctive
    2. second-person singular aorist middle subjunctive

References

  • ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette