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Definition of Etacism
1. n. The pronunciation of the Greek η (eta) like the Italian e long, that is like a in the English word ate. See Itacism.
Definition of Etacism
1. Noun. (grammar) The pronunciation of the Greek eta like the Italian long e, or the vowel in the English word (term ate). ¹
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Definition of Etacism
1. one way of pronouncing eta [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Etacism
Literary usage of Etacism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mercersburg Review by Alumni Association, Franklin and Marshall College (1860)
"The burlesque form which Erasmus gave to his dissertation, and the fact that he
himself did not employ this Dutch pronunciation or etacism iu his own ..."
2. The politics of Aristotle: books I-V : a revised text by Aristotle, Franz Susemihl, Robert Drew Hicks (1894)
"... of spelling (including turn is written or omitted at random ; etacism) ; there
are 9 cases of ditto- etacism is very frequent ; there are no graphy, ..."
3. The Greek Grammar of Frederick Thiersch by Friedrich Wilhelm von Thiersch (1830)
"Those who follow etacism in all respects rub some hazard of speaking Greek after
a fashion, which never wholly prevailed in any age ; whereas, ..."
4. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"743. Eta [ä'-ta], Japanese pariahs, IX. 545,1 b. Eta Argus [e'-ta], star, VI.
184, 1 a. etacism, system of Greek pronunciation, VIII. 209, 2 c. ..."
5. Greece, Ancient and Modern: Lectures Delivered Before the Lowell Institute by Cornelius Conway Felton (1877)
"It is this peculiarity which has given to the modern Greek the characteristic
called etacism. In the successive periods of the occupation of Greece by ..."
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