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.
ĭōta , n.