itacism

Named after iotacism, shifting the pronunciation of the name of letter η (eta) from /ɛːta/ to /ita/ in Greek.

itacism (countable and uncountable, plural itacisms)

1. Alternative form of iotacism.
   • Hodges and Farstad, Introduction to The Majority Text

     At [Revelation] 2:25 the family reading is αχρις ου ανοιξω [until I open], instead of αχρις ου αν ηξω [until I come]. Not only is ανοιξω unintelligible here, but it is a transparent itacism οι for η.

• ismatic

Borrowed from French itacisme.

itacism n (uncountable)

1. itacism

• itacism in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN