noun Itacism n. (Greek Gram.) Pronunciation of eta as the modern Greeks pronounce it, that is, like e in the English word be. This was the pronunciation advocated by Reuchlin and his followers, in opposition to the etacism of Erasmus. See Etacism. "In all such questions between epsilon and alpha iota the confusing element of itacism comes in."
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