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A small iota written beneath a vowel.
Also known as: Ypogegrammeni, Iota adscript, Subscript iota, Small letter under a vowel
The iota subscript records a sound that had already stopped being pronounced when the convention was invented — Byzantine scribes wrote the iota small and below rather than dropping it, preserving an etymology that the pronunciation had lost.
Denotes a small iota written beneath a long vowel in polytonic Greek orthography.
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Records a sound no longer pronounced when the convention was adopted: Byzantine scribes preserved the letter positionally rather than dropping it.
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Is written adscript, beside the vowel at full size, in capitals and in some editorial conventions, which is the same information differently placed.
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A small Greek iota placed directly beneath a vowel, at about half the height of the letter above it.