theta
From LSJ
ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
thēta: indecl. n., = θῆτα,>
I the Greek letter θ;> as the initial letter of the word θάνατος (death), written by the Greeks upon their voting-tablets in sign of condemnation, Mart. 7, 37, 2; Aus. Epigr. 128 (cf. Pers. 4, 13).—Upon Latin epitaphs, = OBIIT, MORTVVS EST, Inscr. Orell. 4472 sq.; cf. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 610.—Appended to a passage as a critical mark of censure, Sid. Carm. 9, 335.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
thētă,¹⁶ n. ind. (θῆτα), théta, lettre de l’alphabet grec : Mart. 7, 37, 2 ; Aus. Epigr. 128.
