Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Itacisms in the Fourth Century

The error of 'itacism' resulted in Greek because, as of the fourth century, the vowels eta, iota, and upsilon, and the diphtongs ei, oi, and ui, were all pronounced like long e in English. [The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies p. 142]


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