The corpus record — Latin

theta

theta · n

the Greek letter

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Where it lives

Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

thēta — Lewis & Short

thēta, indecl.n., = qh=ta,

I the Greek letter q; as the initial letter of the word qa/natos (death), written by the Greeks upon their voting-tablets in sign of condemnation, Mart. 7, 37, 2; Aus. Epigr. 128 (cf. Pers. 4, 13).—Upon Latin epitaphs, = OBIIT, MORTVVS EST, Inscr. Orell. 4472 sq.; cf. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 610.—Appended to a passage as a critical mark of censure, Sid. Carm. 9, 335.

In the wild

theta Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 9.335
theta Persius, Saturae 4.13
theta Martial, Epigrammata 7.37.2

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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