The corpus record — Latin

beta1

beta1 · f

a vegetable

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Where it lives

Moretum, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 12.92/10k
Technopaegnion 1 · 6.73/10k
De Re Coquinaria 8 · 5.1/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
De Medicina 10 · 0.98/10k
Pseudolus 1 · 0.9/10k
Naturalis Historia 34 · 0.86/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.78/10k
Satyricon 2 · 0.66/10k
De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k
Epigrammata 3 · 0.53/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. bēta — Lewis & Short

bēta, ae (bētis, is, f.hence Fr. bette; Engl. beet,

Ser. Samm. 54, 9),

I a vegetable, the beet: Beta vulgaris, Linn.; Plin. 19, 8, 40, § 132; 20, 8, 27, § 69; Col. 10, 254; 10, 326; 11, 3, 17 and 42; Pall. Febr. 24, 10; * Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 26; * Cic. Fam. 7, 26, 2; cf. * Cat. 67, 21; Mart. 13, 13; 3, 47, 9; Isid. Orig. 17, 10, 15.

2. bēta — Lewis & Short

bēta, n.indecl. (beta, ae, f., Aus. Technopaegn. c. Litt. Mon. v. 13), = bh=ta,

I the Greek name of the second letter of the alphabet (pure Lat. be; v. B): hoc discunt omnes ante alpha et beta puellae, * Juv. 14, 209.—Hence, prov., the second in any thing (as alpha is the first), Mart. 5, 26.

3. beta — Walde–Hofmann

beta, -ae f. ,Beete, Mangold“ (seit Plaut, rom., z. T. vermischt mit bitum; davon betäceus, betäculus „rote Rübe*; hybr. Ablt. betizàre „languere* nach Jachanizüre Augustus): nach Ettmayer Zfr.Spr. 32, 153 ff. kelt, da nach Ps. Apul. 29 (30) für eine auch béta plantäginis genannte Pflanze (der Wegerich findet in der Küche dieselbe betilolen — bibo. 103 Verwendung wie ba und blitum) der gr. und lat. Name herba … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. beta, p. 134]

In the wild

6 of 65 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. beta (scan p. 94; entry #1245).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. beta (scan pp. 134-136; entry #394). Root candidates: *pi-, *bó-, *pö-.

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