- β
- β, [full] βῆτα, indecl., second letter of the Gr. alphabet: hence as numeral, βA = δύο and δεύτερος, but [num] β' = 2,000.II to represent ϝ, freq. in Hsch., esp. in [dialect] Lacon. words, cf. βείκατι, etc.
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.
