LEXICON OF ORIENTAL WORDS IN ANCIENT GREEK

αιν 1 <Semitic; Hellenistic period>

👉 αιν – ‘name of the Hebrew letter ע’ (LXX: Ps. 118.121; La., app. crit.), ἄϊν ‘id.’ (Eus., PE 10.5.8).

⚠ Cf. Eus., PE 10.5.3-12.

🅔 A transliteration of the Hebrew letter name – cf. Jewish Aramaic ʿayin, ʿan ‘name of the letter ע’, Syriac ʿē ‘name of the letter ܥ’, etc.

📖 Data: DJBA: 855; SL: 1054.