βῆτα

See also: βήτα

Ancient Greek

previous letter ἄλφα		following letter γάμμα
Β β – English: beta

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤁‬‎ (bēt).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛ̂ː.ta/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ta/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβi.ta/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ta/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ta/

Noun

βῆτᾰ • (bêta) n (indeclinable)

beta, the name for the second letter Β, β of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

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 (2006–2019)

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