The corpus record
theta · τό
the letter Θ
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the letter Θ (Hebr. ṭêth), Ar. Ec. 685, etc.: gen. θήτατος Democr. 20: nom. pl. θήτατες (tetates) Wessely Schrifttaf. zur ält. lat. Paläogr.No. 8 (ii A.D.); nickname of Aesop (who was a θής), Ptol. Heph. ap. Phot. Bibl. p.151 B.
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.