Ηη,ἦτα(q.v.),τό,indecl., eighth (later seventh) letter of the Gr. alphabet; as numeralή,=ὀκτώandὄγδοος, butἡΝΥΜ̓,= 8 , 000 . In most local alphabets ofv B.C.and earlier it represents
A. h, in others (incl. the Ion. = later general Gr. alphabet) one of the longēsounds (cf.βῆ βῆ). Described by E. Fr. 382.5 , Agatho 4.2 .