
n.
- The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
- A very small amount; a bit: not an iota of truth to that tale.
[Latin iōta, from Greek, of Phoenician origin.]
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After I decided to be an artist, the first thing that I had to believe was that I, a black woman, could penetrate the art scene, and that, further, I could do so without sacrificing one iota of my blackness or my femaleness or my humanity.
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| Αα | Alpha | Νν | Nu |
| Ββ | Beta | Ξξ | Xi |
| Γγ | Gamma | Οο | Omicron |
| Δδ | Delta | Ππ | Pi |
| Εε | Epsilon | Ρρ | Rho |
| Ζζ | Zeta | Σσς | Sigma |
| Ηη | Eta | Ττ | Tau |
| Θθ | Theta | Υυ | Upsilon |
| Ιι | Iota | Φφ | Phi |
| Κκ | Kappa | Χχ | Chi |
| Λλ | Lambda | Ψψ | Psi |
| Μμ | Mu | Ωω | Omega |
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Iota (uppercase Ι, lowercase ι; Greek: Ιώτα [iɔ̌ːta]) is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 10. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Yodh (
). Letters that arose from this letter include the Roman I and J and the Cyrillic І (І, і), Yi (Ї, ї), Je (Ј, ј), and iotified letters (e.g. Yu (Ю, ю)).
Iota represents [i]. In ancient Greek it occurred in both long [iː] and short [i] versions, but this distinction has been lost in Modern Greek.
Iota participated as the second element in falling diphthongs, with both long and short vowels as the first element. Where the first element was long, the iota was lost in pronunciation at an early date, and was written in polytonic orthography as iota subscript, in other words as a very small ι under the main vowel, for instance ᾼ ᾳ ῌ ῃ ῼ ῳ.
The word is used in a common English phrase, 'not one iota', meaning 'not the slightest amount', in reference to a phrase in the New Testament: "until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law" (Mt 5:18).[1]
The word 'jot' (or iot) derives from iota.[2]
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bagatel, tøddel, jota
Français (French)
n. - (lit) iota, (fig) once, iota
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (το ελληνικό γράμμα) γιώτα, ιώτα, (μτφ.) κεραία, ελάχιστη ποσότητα, τίποτα
Italiano (Italian)
iota (lettera greca), un briciolo, una virgola (in espress. idiom.)
Português (Portuguese)
n. - iota (f) (letra grega)
Русский (Russian)
йота (буква греческого алфавита), мельчайшая доля
Español (Spanish)
n. - pizca, ápice, novena letra del alfabeto griego
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (grekiska bokstaven) iota, jota (bildl.)
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
希腊语字母第九个, 极微小
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 希臘語字母第九個, 極微小
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 그리스어 알파벳의 아홉번째 글자, 아주 조금
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) الحرف التاسع في الأبجديه اليونانيه, ذرة, مقدار ضئيل
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - שמץ, כהוא-זה, יוטה (אות יוונית)
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