| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,805,612,940 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
iota |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Acronyms, Idioms, Wikipedia | 0.03 sec. |
|
iota the ninth letter in the Greek alphabet (Ι, ι), a vowel or semivowel, transliterated as i or j
How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| ? Mentioned in | ? References in classic literature | |
|---|---|---|
The outlying villages, they say, are by them called {kappa omega mu alpha iota}, by the Athenians {delta eta mu iota}: and they assume that Comedians were so named not from {kappa omega mu 'alpha zeta epsilon iota nu}, 'to revel,' but because they wandered from village to village (kappa alpha tau alpha / kappa omega mu alpha sigma), being excluded contemptuously from the city. She was growing a little stout, but it did not seem to detract an iota from the grace of every step, pose, gesture. There is not an iota of truth in it--certainly not. |
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|