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iota|aɪˈəʊtə|
Also 7 jota.
[a. Gr. ἰῶτα.]
1. The name of the Greek letter Ι, ι, corresponding to the Roman I, i; the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet.
iota subscript (L. iota subscriptum), a small iota written beneath a long vowel, forming the second element of a diphthong, as in ᾳ, ῃ, ῳ.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 290 The Nisæan horses (written with Iota [1658 Jota] and simple Sigma, as Eustathius writeth) are the most excellent. 1679Penn Addr. Prot. ii. ii. (1692) 65 All this Stir had been made about an Iota: For the whole Question was, Whether homousia or homoiusia should be received for Faith. 1893E. M. Thompson Grk. & Lat. Palæogr. xii. 175 The frequent dotting of the iota in this MS. is peculiar.
2. fig. (after Matt. v. 18; see jot): The least, or a very small, particle or quantity; an atom. (Mostly with negative expressed or implied.)
1636Featly Clavis Myst. iv. 42 Shall we lose, or sleightly pass by, any iota or tittle of the Booke of God? 1643A. Burges Serm. bef. Ho. Comm. 27 Sept. 19 You are accomptable to God for jotaes and tittles. 1696Brookhouse Temple Open. 28 This has been done in England to an Iota. 1771Burke Corr. (1844) I. 251 Not an iota should be yielded of the principle of the bill. 1786J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 549, I would..demand, in a tone that could not be resisted, the punctual fulfilment of every iota of the treaty on the part of Britain. 1863G. J. Whyte-Melville Gladiators III. 124 We will not part with one iota of our privileges. |