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	[[Image:Greek iota placement 01.~~svg~~\|thumb\|right\|160px\|Iota subscripts in the word ᾠδῇ, ("''[[ode]]''", dative)]]'''Iota subscript''' ([[Ancient Greek language\|Ancient Greek]]: ὑπογεγραμμένη) in [[Greek language\|Greek]] [[polytonic orthography]] is a way of writing the letter [[iota]] as a small vertical [[iota]] "ι" beneath a vowel. It represents the former presence of an [i] offglide after the vowel, forming a so-called "long diphthong". Such diphthongs, ηι, ωι, αι (ᾱι), phonologically distinct from the corresponding normal ("short") diphthongs ει, οι, αι (ᾰι), were a feature of ancient Greek in the classical era. The offglide was lost in pronunciation during the [[Hellenistic era\|Hellenistic]] period, with the result that from approximately the 1st century B.C. onwards the former diphthongs were no longer distinguished from the simple long vowels η, ω, ᾱ respectively.		[[Image:Greek iota placement 01.jpg\|thumb\|right\|160px\|Iota subscripts in the word ᾠδῇ, ("''[[ode]]''", dative)]]'''Iota subscript''' ([[Ancient Greek language\|Ancient Greek]]: ὑπογεγραμμένη) in [[Greek language\|Greek]] [[polytonic orthography]] is a way of writing the letter [[iota]] as a small vertical [[iota]] "ι" beneath a vowel. It represents the former presence of an [i] offglide after the vowel, forming a so-called "long diphthong". Such diphthongs, ηι, ωι, αι (ᾱι), phonologically distinct from the corresponding normal ("short") diphthongs ει, οι, αι (ᾰι), were a feature of ancient Greek in the classical era. The offglide was lost in pronunciation during the [[Hellenistic era\|Hellenistic]] period, with the result that from approximately the 1st century B.C. onwards the former diphthongs were no longer distinguished from the simple long vowels η, ω, ᾱ respectively.

	Before the reforms of Eucleides and the adoption of the letters Ω and Η (403-402 BC), there was no way of distinguishing between long and short vowels in [[Attic Greek]]. The classical Greek diphthongs ΑΙ, ΕΙ and ΟΙ were composed of a vowel and the letter iota whether or not the vowel was long.		Before the reforms of Eucleides and the adoption of the letters Ω and Η (403-402 BC), there was no way of distinguishing between long and short vowels in [[Attic Greek]]. The classical Greek diphthongs ΑΙ, ΕΙ and ΟΙ were composed of a vowel and the letter iota whether or not the vowel was long.

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	[[Image:Greek iota placement 01.svg\|thumb\|right\|160px\|Iota subscripts in the word ~~{{lang\|grc\|~~ᾠδῇ}}, ("''[[ode]]''", dative)]]'''Iota subscript''' ([[Ancient Greek language\|Ancient Greek]]: ὑπογεγραμμένη) in [[Greek language\|Greek]] [[polytonic orthography]] is a way of writing the letter [[iota]] as a small vertical [[iota]] "ι" beneath a vowel. It represents the former presence of an [i] offglide after the vowel, forming a so-called "long diphthong". Such diphthongs, ηι, ωι, αι (ᾱι), phonologically distinct from the corresponding normal ("short") diphthongs ει, οι, αι (ᾰι), were a feature of ancient Greek in the classical era. The offglide was lost in pronunciation during the [[Hellenistic era\|Hellenistic]] period, with the result that from approximately the 1st century B.C. onwards the former diphthongs were no longer distinguished from the simple long vowels η, ω, ᾱ respectively.		[[Image:Greek iota placement 01.svg\|thumb\|right\|160px\|Iota subscripts in the word ᾠδῇ, ("''[[ode]]''", dative)]]'''Iota subscript''' ([[Ancient Greek language\|Ancient Greek]]: ὑπογεγραμμένη) in [[Greek language\|Greek]] [[polytonic orthography]] is a way of writing the letter [[iota]] as a small vertical [[iota]] "ι" beneath a vowel. It represents the former presence of an [i] offglide after the vowel, forming a so-called "long diphthong". Such diphthongs, ηι, ωι, αι (ᾱι), phonologically distinct from the corresponding normal ("short") diphthongs ει, οι, αι (ᾰι), were a feature of ancient Greek in the classical era. The offglide was lost in pronunciation during the [[Hellenistic era\|Hellenistic]] period, with the result that from approximately the 1st century B.C. onwards the former diphthongs were no longer distinguished from the simple long vowels η, ω, ᾱ respectively.

	Before the reforms of Eucleides and the adoption of the letters Ω and Η (403-402 BC), there was no way of distinguishing between long and short vowels in [[Attic Greek]]. The classical Greek diphthongs ΑΙ, ΕΙ and ΟΙ were composed of a vowel and the letter iota whether or not the vowel was long.		Before the reforms of Eucleides and the adoption of the letters Ω and Η (403-402 BC), there was no way of distinguishing between long and short vowels in [[Attic Greek]]. The classical Greek diphthongs ΑΙ, ΕΙ and ΟΙ were composed of a vowel and the letter iota whether or not the vowel was long.

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	'''Iota subscript''' ([[Ancient Greek language\|Ancient Greek]]: ὑπογεγραμμένη) in [[Greek language\|Greek]] [[polytonic orthography]] is a way of writing the letter [[iota]] as a small vertical ~~stroke~~ beneath a vowel. It ~~was used in~~ the so-called "long diphthongs" in [[~~Ancient Greek phonology~~\|~~Ancient Greek~~]], that ~~is, [[diphthong]]s~~ the ~~first part of which is a~~ long ~~vowel: ᾳ~~, ~~ῃ and ῳ. In Latin-based transliteration~~, ~~it is not usually written~~.		[[Image:Greek iota placement 01.svg\|thumb\|right\|160px\|Iota subscripts in the word {{lang\|grc\|ᾠδῇ}}, ("''[[ode]]''", dative)]]'''Iota subscript''' ([[Ancient Greek language\|Ancient Greek]]: ὑπογεγραμμένη) in [[Greek language\|Greek]] [[polytonic orthography]] is a way of writing the letter [[iota]] as a small vertical [[iota]] "ι" beneath a vowel. It represents the former presence of an [i] offglide after the vowel, forming a so-called "long diphthong". Such diphthongs, ηι, ωι, αι (ᾱι), phonologically distinct from the corresponding normal ("short") diphthongs ει, οι, αι (ᾰι), were a feature of ancient Greek in the classical era. The offglide was lost in pronunciation during the [[Hellenistic era\|Hellenistic]] period, with the result that from approximately the 1st century B.C. onwards the former diphthongs were no longer distinguished from the simple long vowels η, ω, ᾱ respectively.

	Before the reforms of Eucleides and the adoption of the letters Ω and Η (403-402 BC), there was no way of distinguishing between long and short vowels in [[Attic Greek]]. The classical Greek diphthongs ΑΙ, ΕΙ and ΟΙ were composed of a vowel and the letter iota whether or not the vowel was long.		Before the reforms of Eucleides and the adoption of the letters Ω and Η (403-402 BC), there was no way of distinguishing between long and short vowels in [[Attic Greek]]. The classical Greek diphthongs ΑΙ, ΕΙ and ΟΙ were composed of a vowel and the letter iota whether or not the vowel was long.
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	==History==		==History==
	The iota subscript (ͺ) (also known as '''hypogegrammeni''') was an editorial marking invented by the [[Library of Alexandria\|librarians]] at [[Alexandria]] to denote the absence of iota (ι) which were used in the long [[diphthongs]] [[alpha\|ᾱ]][[iota\|ι]], [[eta\|η]]ι, and [[ω]]ι. In [[Koine]] Greek, the iotas used in long diphthongs stopped being pronounced. However, many times, these iotas were essential to differentiate between different usages of the same word — the only notable difference between the nominative and dative singular of a first declension feminine noun is, for many words, that iota. Because of spacing, it would have been impossible to fit the iota on the line beside the letter that preceded it. Therefore, the iota was written under the letter to save space. Although the library of Alexandria and its texts were burned, the practice was carried over in clinical copies of certain texts, and the hypogegrammeni was used often by the [[Greek Orthodox Church]] (which used [[polytonic orthography]] for ceremonial purposes) and mediaeval [[Byzantine]] [[copyists]]. In modern renderings of ancient Greek, the iota is still carried subscriptum, even though it is now common practice to pronounce the iota indicated by the hypogegrammeni.<sup>[2]</sup>		The iota subscript (ͺ) (also known as '''hypogegrammeni''') was an editorial marking invented by the [[Library of Alexandria\|librarians]] at [[Alexandria]] to denote the absence of iota (ι) which were used in the long [[diphthongs]] [[alpha\|ᾱ]][[iota\|ι]], [[eta\|η]]ι, and [[ω]]ι. In [[Koine]] Greek, the iotas used in long diphthongs stopped being pronounced. However, many times, these iotas were essential to differentiate between different usages of the same word — the only notable difference between the nominative and dative singular of a first declension feminine noun is, for many words, that iota. Because of spacing, it would have been impossible to fit the iota on the line beside the letter that preceded it. Therefore, the iota was written under the letter to save space. Although the library of Alexandria and its texts were burned, the practice was carried over in clinical copies of certain texts, and the hypogegrammeni was used often by the [[Greek Orthodox Church]] (which used [[polytonic orthography]] for ceremonial purposes) and mediaeval [[Byzantine]] [[copyists]]. In modern renderings of ancient Greek, the iota is still carried subscriptum, even though it is now common practice to pronounce the iota indicated by the hypogegrammeni.<sup>[2]</sup>

			The alternative practice, of writing the mute iota as a full-sized letter 〈ι〉, is known as '''iota adscript'''.

	==Transliteration==		==Transliteration==

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'''Iota subscript''' ([[Ancient Greek language|Ancient Greek]]: ὑπογεγραμμένη) in [[Greek language|Greek]] [[polytonic orthography]] is a way of writing the letter [[iota]] as a small vertical stroke beneath a vowel. It was used in the so-called "long diphthongs" in [[Ancient Greek phonology|Ancient Greek]], that is, [[diphthong]]s the first part of which is a long vowel: ᾳ, ῃ and ῳ. In Latin-based transliteration, it is not usually written.

Before the reforms of Eucleides and the adoption of the letters Ω and Η (403-402 BC), there was no way of distinguishing between long and short vowels in [[Attic Greek]]. The classical Greek diphthongs ΑΙ, ΕΙ and ΟΙ were composed of a vowel and the letter iota whether or not the vowel was long.

From the mid-fifth to the mid-fourth centuries, most of the Greek diphthongs began to lose their final elements. The pronunciation of ηι began to merge with that of ει in Attic Greek and with that of ι in [[Koine]]. The long αι came to be pronounced in the same way as the long α and ωι in the same way as ω. The loss of the diphthongs from the Greek language and the merging of the long diphthong [[phoneme]]s with other Greek vowel phonemes led to the omission of the final ι from digraphs that had formerly represented long diphthongs. The iota subscript was created when the iota was reintroduced in the Byzantine period, to correct the loss of ι from copies of earlier manuscripts, but was placed below rather than beside the vowel to reflect the fact that it was not, by then, pronounced.

The rare long diphthong ῡι might logically have been treated the same way, and the works of [[Eustathius of Thessalonica]] provide an instance of υ with iota subscript (in the word ὑπόγυͅον),<sup>[1]</sup> but this never became the convention (the same word being spelled by other writers as ὑπόγυιον or ὑπόγυον).

In recent years it has become common for Greek to be quoted and translated with an iota placed beside rather than beneath its vowel: this is known as the [[iota adscript]] ([[Greek language|Greek]] προσγεγραμμένη). The adscript is sometimes printed with a slightly smaller font size than the preceding vowel.

==History==
The iota subscript (ͺ) (also known as '''hypogegrammeni''') was an editorial marking invented by the [[Library of Alexandria|librarians]] at [[Alexandria]] to denote the absence of iota (ι) which were used in the long [[diphthongs]] [[alpha|ᾱ]][[iota|ι]], [[eta|η]]ι, and [[ω]]ι. In [[Koine]] Greek, the iotas used in long diphthongs stopped being pronounced. However, many times, these iotas were essential to differentiate between different usages of the same word — the only notable difference between the nominative and dative singular of a first declension feminine noun is, for many words, that iota. Because of spacing, it would have been impossible to fit the iota on the line beside the letter that preceded it. Therefore, the iota was written under the letter to save space. Although the library of Alexandria and its texts were burned, the practice was carried over in clinical copies of certain texts, and the hypogegrammeni was used often by the [[Greek Orthodox Church]] (which used [[polytonic orthography]] for ceremonial purposes) and mediaeval [[Byzantine]] [[copyists]]. In modern renderings of ancient Greek, the iota is still carried subscriptum, even though it is now common practice to pronounce the iota indicated by the hypogegrammeni.<sup>[2]</sup>

==Transliteration==
In [[Romanization of Greek|transliteration of Greek]] into the [[Latin alphabet]], the iota subscript is usually omitted:

* ζῷο-ν "animal" + -λογίᾱ → [[New Latin]] ''zōo-logia'' (not ''zōio-logia'') → English ''zoology''.

==References==

* 1. Eustathius of Thessalonica, Commentary on the Iliad, III 439.
* 2. Abbott, Evelyn and Edwin Mansfield. A Primer of Greek Grammar: Accidence & Syntax. Duckworth Publishing, 1997. Twelfth Printing. ISBN 0715612581

==See also==
* [[Greek diacritics]]
* [[Iota adscript]]
* [[Ogonek]]

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