θῆτα
θῆτα, the letter theta
θῆτα, τό, indecl.,
- the letter Θ (Hebr. ṭêth), Ar. Ec. 685, etc.: gen. θήτατος Democr. 20: nom. pl. θήτατες (tetates) Wessely Schrifttaf. zur ält. lat. Paläogr.No. 8 (ii A.D.); nickname of Aesop (who was a θής), Ptol. Heph. ap. Phot. Bibl. p.151 B.
θῆτα (τὸ) indécl. thêta, 8e lettre de l’alphabet grec, Ar. Eccl. 685 ; Plat. Theæt. 207a ||
➳ Gén. θήτατος, forgé par Démocr. (Bkk. p. 781, 23).
Étym. cf. Θ.
θῆτα, τό, indeclin., der Buchstabe θ, Ar. Eccl. 685 ; Democrit. bildete den gen. θήτατος nach B.A. p. 781.23.
θῆτα
- IΘ, θ, θῆτα, τό, indecl., eighth letter of the Gr. alphabet: as numeral θ ἐννέα, ἔνατος, but θ 90000. —q is the aspirated dental mute, related to the tenuis τ and the medial δ. θ is sometimes represented by φ, as θλάω φλάω; so in Lat. θήρ (Aeolic φήρ) fera; θύρα fores; byβ, as ἐ-ρυθρός ruber, οὖθαρ uber.
- IIchanges of θ in the Gr. dialects:
- 1Lacon., into ς, as σάλασσα σεῖος Ἀσάνα παρσένος for θάλασσα θεῖος Ἀθάνα παρθένος.
- 2Aeolic and Doric into τ, as αὖτις ἐντεῦθεν for αὖθις ἐντεῦθεν.
- 3when θ was repeated in two foll. syllables, the former became τ, as Ἀτθίς.