= δύο and δεύτερος, but ͵β = 2,000.
II
to represent ϝ, freq. in Hsch., esp. in Lacon. words, cf. βείκατι, etc.
The corpus record
β
b
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.