βῆτα
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See also: βήτα
Ancient Greek
| previous letter ἄλφα |
 
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following letter γάμμα |
| Β β – English: beta | ||
Etymology
Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤁 (b /bēt/). The letter name, beth, comes from Phoenician 𐤁𐤕 (bt), 𐤁𐤉𐤕 (byt, “house”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bɛ̂ː.ta/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbe̝.ta/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβi.ta/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvi.ta/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.ta/
Noun
βῆτᾰ • (bêtă) n (indeclinable)
- beta, the name for the second letter Β, β of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
Descendants
- Greek: βήτα (víta)
References
- “βῆτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βῆτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βῆτα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βῆτα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)