ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
| Full diacritics: β | Medium diacritics: β | Low diacritics: β | Capitals: Β |
| Transliteration A: b | Transliteration B: b | Transliteration C: v | Beta Code: b |
βῆτα, indecl., second letter of the Gr. alphabet: hence as numeral, β A = δύο and δεύτερος, but β' = 2,000. II to represent ϝ, freq. in Hsch., esp. in Lacon. words, cf. βείκατι, etc.
β: (τό βῆτα) бета (2-я буква греч. алфавита): βʹ = 2; ͵β = 2000.
