the letter ζ, sixth
the letter ζ, Pl. Cra. 419b, etc.; of the sixth book of the Iliad, POxy. 930.15 (ii/iii A.D.), Epigr.Gr. 1095. (Semitic zayin, influenced by the names of the following letters, Gr. ἦτα, θῆτα.)
The corpus record
ζῆτα
zeta · τό
the letter ζ
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Where it lives
- Cratylus 3 · 1.68/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ζῆτα · zēta Plato, Cratylus 418 (DIORISIS sentence 896)
- ζῆτα · zēta Plato, Cratylus 419 (DIORISIS sentence 918)
- ζῆτα · zēta Plato, Cratylus 427 (DIORISIS sentence 1089)
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.