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Μισθὸς διδάσκει γράμματ', οὐ διδάσκαλος → Pretium docet te, non praeceptor, litteras → Der Lehrer lehrt das Lesen nicht, es ist der Lohn

Menander, Monostichoi, 337

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ĭōta: n.
I indec., = ἰῶτα,> the name of the Greek ι,> iota (in Gr. trisyl., in Lat. dissyl.): ut iota litteram tollas, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 43: unum de titulo tollere iota, Mart. 2, 93, 4. — Sometimes (on account of littera) ĭōta, ae, f., Aus. Idyll. in Monosyllab. de Litteris, (12), 23: littera iotae similis, id. ib. 7.