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Iota (ι, ι) Definizione

Iota (Ι, ι) is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Yodh. Letters that arose from this letter include the Latin I and J, the Cyrillic І (І, і), Yi (Ї, ї), and Je (Ј, ј), and iotated letters (e.g. Yu (Ю, ю)). In the system of Greek numerals, iota has a value of 10. Iota represents the sound [i]. In early forms of ancient Greek, it occurred in both long [iː] and short [i] versions, but this distinction was lost in Koine Greek.

Iota ha partecipato come secondo elemento in caduta dittonghi, con vocali sia lunghe che corte come primo elemento. Laddove il primo elemento era lungo, l'Iota fu perso in pronuncia in una data precoce ed era scritto in ortografia poltonica come pedice Iota, in altre parole come una ι molto piccola sotto la vocale principale. Gli esempi includono ᾳ ᾳ ῃ ῃ ῳ ῳ. Gli ex dittonghi divennero digrafici per semplici vocali nel greco di Koine.

The word is used in a common English phrase, "not one iota", meaning "not the slightest amount", in reference to a phrase in the New Testament (Matthew 5:18): "until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, (King James Version: '[not] one jot or one tittle') will pass from the Law until all is accomplished". (Mt 5:18) This refers to iota, the smallest letter, or possibly Yodh, י, the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet. The word 'jot' (or iot) derives from iota. The German, Portuguese, and Spanish name for the letter J (Jot / jota) is derived from iota.