"beta" meaning in Latin

See beta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Said by some sources to be of Celtic origin, but no obvious Celtic cognates exist. Also compared are blitum (“spinach”), meta (“conic heap of stones”) (compared to the root's spindle form), and less likely, sense 2, with the seed vessel resembling the letter. Etymology templates: {{der|la|cel|}} Celtic, {{m|la|blitum||spinach}} blitum (“spinach”), {{m|la|meta||conic heap of stones}} meta (“conic heap of stones”), {{l|la|beta#Etymology_2|sense 2}} sense 2 Head templates: {{la-noun|bēta<1>}} bēta f (genitive bētae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|bēta<1>}} Forms: bēta [canonical, feminine], bētae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], bēta [nominative, singular], bētae [nominative, plural], bētae [genitive, singular], bētārum [genitive, plural], bētae [dative, singular], bētīs [dative, plural], bētam [accusative, singular], bētās [accusative, plural], bētā [ablative, singular], bētīs [ablative, plural], bēta [singular, vocative], bētae [plural, vocative]
  1. A beet. Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-beta-la-noun-hntZRFK1 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin links with manual fragments
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: bēta [canonical, neuter]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|βῆτα}} Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta) Head templates: {{la-noun|bēta|g=n|indecl=1}} bēta n (indeclinable)
  1. The Greek letter beta. Tags: indeclinable Categories (topical): Greek letter names Categories (lifeform): Plants, Vegetables
    Sense id: en-beta-la-noun-qqCpPX51 Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 8 92 Disambiguation of Plants: 20 80 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 30 70 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "la:Greek letter names",
    "la:Plants",
    "la:Vegetables",
    "sv:Greek letter names",
    "sv:Vegetables"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "βῆτα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bēta",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bēta",
        "g": "n",
        "indecl": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "bēta n (indeclinable)",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The Greek letter beta."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beta",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indeclinable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "beta"
}

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