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Definition of Iotacisms
1. iotacism [n] - See also: iotacism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iotacisms
Literary usage of Iotacisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1889)
"The writing is full of iotacisms, perpetually exchanging < and 17, though not in
a way to give trouble. Sometimes v, as well as sundry of the diphthongs, ..."
2. Studies of the Northern Campus Martius in Ancient Romeby Robert Palmer by Robert Palmer (2007)
"... just such carelessness or indifference, not to say a proclivity to downright
error.145 The iotacisms of the text tell us that it was carved late enough. ..."
3. Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator. In Twelve Books by Quintilian (1892)
"... of utterance and pronunciation, of •which specimens cannot be given in writing;
the Greeks, who are more happy in inventing names, call them iotacisms, ..."
4. Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archæology by Society of Biblical Archæology (London, England) (1878)
"... and a greater number of iotacisms (causée* probably by a careless or perhaps
provincial than is found in the other inscriptions. --erf. ..."
5. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1889)
"The writing is full of iotacisms, perpetually exchanging < and 17, though not in
a way to give trouble. Sometimes v, as well as sundry of the diphthongs, ..."
6. Studies of the Northern Campus Martius in Ancient Romeby Robert Palmer by Robert Palmer (2007)
"... just such carelessness or indifference, not to say a proclivity to downright
error.145 The iotacisms of the text tell us that it was carved late enough. ..."
7. Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator. In Twelve Books by Quintilian (1892)
"... of utterance and pronunciation, of •which specimens cannot be given in writing;
the Greeks, who are more happy in inventing names, call them iotacisms, ..."
8. Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archæology by Society of Biblical Archæology (London, England) (1878)
"... and a greater number of iotacisms (causée* probably by a careless or perhaps
provincial than is found in the other inscriptions. --erf. ..."
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