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θῆτα

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θῆτα

Sense

  1. Theta, the 8th letter of the Euclidean alphabet (majuscule Θ, minuscule θ), classically denoting an aspirated t (tʰ) and usually romanized as "th".

Examples

  • ὅτι δὲ οὐδὲ τῶν ἄλλων ἀπέσχετο γραμμάτων, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ Δέλτα καὶ τὸ Θῆτα καὶ τὸ Ζῆτα, μικροῦ δεῖν πάντα ἠδίκησε τὰ στοιχεῖα, αὐτά μοι κάλει τὰ ἀδικηθέντα γράμματα. (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 10:2)
  • τοῦ Θῆτα δακρύοντοσ ^ καὶ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ τὰσ τρίχασ τίλλοντοσ ἐπὶ τῷ καὶ τῆσ κολοκύνθησ ἐστερῆσθαι· (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 10:5)
  • αὐτὰρ ἐπὴν δὴ πάντα βίον κατάθηαι ἐπάρμενον ἔνδοθι οἴκου, θῆτά τ’ ἀοίκον ποιεῖσθαι καὶ ἄτεκνον ἔριθον δίζησθαι κέλομαι· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 66:3)
  • τιμήματι διεῖλεν εἰσ τέτταρα τέλη, καθάπερ διῄρητο καὶ πρότερον, εἰσ πεντακοσιομέδιμνον καὶ ἱππέα καὶ ζευγίτην καὶ θῆτα. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 7 3:1)
  • τοὔνομα θῆτα ῥῶ ἄλφα σὰν ὖ μῦ ἄλφα χεῖ οὖ σάν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 812)

Synonyms

  1. Theta

    • ὖ ψιλόν (Upsilon, the 20th letter of the Euclidean alphabet, usually romanized as y or u.)
    • ταῦ (Tau, the 19th letter of the Euclidean alphabet, usually romanized as t.)
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