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θῆτα Θ, 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. changes of θ in the Gr. dialects: Lacon., into ς, as σάλασσα σεῖος Ἀσάνα παρσένος for θάλασσα θεῖος Ἀθάνα παρθένος. Aeolic and Doric into τ, as αὖτις ἐντεῦθεν for αὖθις ἐντεῦθεν. when θ was repeated in two foll. syllables, the former became τ, as Ἀτθίς.

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the letter theta

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Headword:

θῆτα

Headword (normalized):

θῆτα

Headword (normalized/stripped):

θητα

IDX:

15313

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n15326

Key:

qh=ta

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