τ

Τ τ, ταῦ, τό, indecl., twenty-second letter of the Formello abecedaria, IG 14.2420, but nineteenth of the Ion. alphabet, cf. Pl. Cra. 394b: as numeral τʹ = 300, but ͵τ = 300,000.

τ

• Τ, τ, ταῦ, τό, indecl., nineteenth letter of the Gr. alphabet: as numeral τʹ 300, but ͵τ 300,000.
• • Iτ is the tenuis dental mute, related to the medial δ and the aspirate θ.
  • IIChanges of τ:
  • • 1Aeolic and Doric, τ for ς, as τύ (Lat. tu, thou) for σύ; τοί τέ τῦκον φατί for σοί σέ σῦκον φησί.
    • 2in new Attic, as in Doric and Boeot., ττ for σς, mostly in Verbs, πράττω for πράσσω, etc.
    • 3in Ionic the tenius τ for its aspirate θ, as αὖτις for αὖθις; so, the tenuis remains unchanged before an aspirate, as κατεῖλον, κατʼ ἡσυχίην.
    • 4the Poets, metri grat., insert τ after π at the beginning of some words, e. g. πτόλις, πτόλεμος.