beta
ὦ θάνατε, σωφρόνισμα τῶν ἀγνωμόνων → o death, chastener of the foolish | ο death, warning to the arrogant
Latin > English
beta betae N F :: beet, beetroot
beta beta undeclined N N :: beta (second letter of Greek alphabet); second of anything, second item
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
bēta: ae (bētis, is, Ser. Samm. 54, 9), f. hence Fr. bette; Engl. beet,
I a vegetable, the beet: Beta vulgaris, Linn.; Plin. 19, 8, 40, § 132; 20, 8, 27, § 69; Col. 10, 254; 10, 326; 11, 3, 17 and 42; Pall. Febr. 24, 10; * Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 26; * Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2; cf. * Cat. 67, 21; Mart. 13, 13; 3, 47, 9; Isid. Orig. 17, 10, 15.
bēta: n. indecl. (beta, ae, f., Aus. Technopaegn. c. Litt. Mon. v. 13), = βῆτα,
I the Greek name of the second letter of the alphabet (pure Lat. be; v. B): hoc discunt omnes ante alpha et beta puellae, * Juv. 14, 209.—Hence, prov., the second in any thing (as alpha is the first), Mart. 5, 26.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) bēta,¹⁶ n., indécl., bêta [deuxième lettre de l’alphabet grec] : Juv. 14, 209 || [fig.] le second partout : Mart. 5, 26, 4 || -ta, æ, Aus. Idyll. 12, 12, 13.
(2) bēta,¹⁴ æ, f., bette, poirée [plante] : Plin. 19, 132 ; Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2.
betis Samm. 983.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) bēta1, ae, f. (keltischen Urspr.), Bete, Mangold, ein Gartengewächs (Beta vulgaris, L.), Plaut., Cic. u.a. – Nbf. bētis, is, f., Ser. Samm. 983.
(2) bēta2, indecl. (βητα), Name des zweiten Buchstabens des griech. Alphabets (rein lat. be, deutsch Be), hoc discant ante alpha et beta, noch vor dem Abece, noch ehe sie lesen lernen, Iuven. 14, 209. – Sprichw. = der Zweite, Mart. 5, 26. – / Nbf. bēta, ae, f. b. Auson. edyll. de litt. monos. 13. p. 138 Schenkl.
