Ηη, [full]ἦτα (q.v.), τό, indecl., eighth (later seventh) letter of the Gr. alphabet; as numeral ή,= ὀκτώ and ὄγδοος, but ἡνυμ,= 8,000. In most local alphabets of v B.C. and earlier it represents
Ah, in others (incl. the[dialect]Ion.= later general Gr. alphabet) one of the long ē sounds (cf.βῆ βῆ). Described byE.Fr.382.5, Agatho 4.2.