"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; Ernout and Meillet adduce an apparently apocryphal Irish biatuis as cognate. 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: {{dercat|la|qfa-sub}}, {{der|la|cel|}} Celtic, {{ncog|ga||biatuis}} Irish biatuis 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, Vegetables Disambiguation of Vegetables: 64 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: bēta [canonical, neuter]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta). Etymology templates: {{etymid|la|letter}}, {{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
    Sense id: en-beta-la-noun-qqCpPX51 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Greek letter names, Plants Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 6 94 Disambiguation of Plants: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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