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minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-216 hours agoAccording to Wikipedia, modern pronunciation agrees with us (“FEE”), but apparently ancient Greeks would have pronounced it “FEY” (or “FEY-EE”, I can’t quite tell to what degree epsilon-iota was a diphthong).
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-216 hours agowhen I see epsilon-iotas on campus, they tend to be diphthongs.
According to Wikipedia, modern pronunciation agrees with us (“FEE”), but apparently ancient Greeks would have pronounced it “FEY” (or “FEY-EE”, I can’t quite tell to what degree epsilon-iota was a diphthong).
when I see epsilon-iotas on campus, they tend to be diphthongs.
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