Illustration from 1908 Chambers's Twentieth Century. <b>B</b> the second letter of our alphabet, called by the Phœnicians <i>beth</i>, 'the house,' coresponding to Greek <div lang="grc" dir="ltr" class="description grc" style="display:inline;"><span title="beta">βῆτα</span></div>, '<i>beta</i>.'
Rev. Thomas Davidson 1856-1923 (<i>ed.</i>)
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language