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|Definition=ζ, [[ζῆτα]], τό, indecl., seventh (later sixth) letter of Gr. alphabet (cf. IG 14.2420); as numeral ζʹ = [[ἑπτά]] and [[ἕβδομος]] (Ϛ', i.e. ϝαῦ, the [[digamma]], being retained to [[represent]] [[ἕξ]], [[ἕκτος]]), but ͵ζ = 7 000.<br><b class="num"></b>◊ Zeta, being a double consonant (pronounced either as [[zd]] or as [[dz]] acc. to dialect and date), made a short vowel at the end of the foregoing syllable long by position; exc. before pr. names, which could not otherwise come into the hexam., [[ἄστυ]] [[Ζελείης]] ''Il.'' 4.103, 121; [[ὑλήεσσα]] [[Ζάκυνθος]] ''h.Ap.'' 429, etc.; afterwds. pronounced as Engl.<br><b class="num"></b><b class="num">z</b>, cf. [[ζμῆνος]] PCair. Zen. 151.4 (iii BC), [[ζμύρνης]] ''ib.'' 9 (iii BC), [[ἀμφιζβήτησιν]] Mitteis ''Chr.'' 31 viii 6 (ii BC), cf. Ael.Dion. ''Fr.'' 187; sts. σζ was written, [[ἐνδέσζμους]] IG2². 1672.308 (iv BC), [[θυσιάσζειν]] IG 3.73.