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LNS

bēta, bētae

beta

βῆτα

noun (., 1^st declension)

the Greek name of the second letter of the alphabet
the second in any thing

Abbreviations

bēta, n. indecl. (beta, ae, f., Aus. Technopaegn. c. Litt. Mon. v. 13), = βῆτα, the Greek name of the second letter of the alphabet (pure Lat. be; v. B): hoc discunt omnes ante alpha et beta puellae, * Juv. 14, 209.

—Hence, prov., the second in any thing (as alpha is the first), Mart. 5, 26.