Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
iotacism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Greek Gram.) Pronunciation of η (eta) as the modern Greeks pronounce it, that is, like
e in the English wordbe . This was the pronunciation advocated by Reuchlin and his followers, in opposition to the etacism of Erasmus. Seeetacism .
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- noun Alternative form of
iotacism .
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This explains numberless cases of "itacism" met with in Greek manuscripts, especially the continual interchange of hymeis and hemeis.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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