θῆτα
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
τό, indecl.,
A the letter Θ (Hebr. [tnull ]êth), 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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1211] τό, indeclin., der Buchstabe θ, Ar. Eccl. 685; Democrit. bildete den gen. θήτατος nach B. A. p. 781, 23.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
θῆτα: τό, ἄκλ., ἴδε Θ θ· ἀλλὰ γεν. θήτατος, ὡς δέλτατος, Δημόκρ. ἐν Α. Β. 781: ― ὡσαύτως, ὄνομα τοῦ Αἰσώπου (ὅστις ἦτο θής), Φώτ. Βιβλ. 151. 23.
French (Bailly abrégé)
(τό) :
indécl.
thêta, 8ᵉ lettre de l’alphabet grec.
Étymologie: emprunt sém. ; cf. hébr. thêt.
