ἤ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "h"
ἤ U+1F24, ἤ
GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA WITH PSILI AND OXIA
Composition:η [U+03B7] + ◌̓ [U+0313] + ◌́ [U+0301]
← ἣ
[U+1F23] 		Greek Extended ἥ →
[U+1F25]

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Proto-Hellenic *ēwe, from Proto-Indo-European *-we (“or”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Conjunction

ἤ • (ḗ)

  1. or
  2. than, as (in a comparative construction)

Usage notes

The pair ἤ... ἦ (ḗ... ê) means ‘either... or...’ or ‘whether... or...’.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: ή (í)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἤ 4”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 507

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