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  • noun Plural form of theta.

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Examples

  • Since its simple locative haθe ~ hanθe is found elsewhere in the same document, the only explanation I have for the unexpected -r- in haθrθi is that it is from earlier *e which has been sandwiched between the two thetas and subsequently shortened to a schwa.

    Oddly formed locatives with inessive postclitic in Etruscan 2009

  • Since its simple locative haθe ~ hanθe is found elsewhere in the same document, the only explanation I have for the unexpected -r- in haθrθi is that it is from earlier *e which has been sandwiched between the two thetas and subsequently shortened to a schwa.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • Since its simple locative haθe ~ hanθe is found elsewhere in the same document, the only explanation I have for the unexpected -r- in haθrθi is that it is from earlier *e which has been sandwiched between the two thetas and subsequently shortened to a schwa.

    What are Etruscans doing with those eggs? 2008

  • I see lost of psis and thetas, but at what point do you plug actual numbers into these things and get some sort of result?

    Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Quantum Mechanics, But Were Afraid to Ask Sean 2008

  • All of those alphas, thetas, and X-bar thingies seem pretty silly when you think language is really simple.

    Everybody Chris 2005

  • He riveted them together like scissors and filed cutting notches in thetas.

    THE GREAT ESCAPE BRICKHILL, PAUL 1951

  • There is a natural standing court within us, examining, acquitting, and condemning at the tribunal of ourselves; wherein iniquities have their natural thetas [56] and no nocent is absolved by the verdict of himself.

    Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863

  • Not only do their 2s become zeds, but their thetas become phis and their phis become rhos:

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Blake Stacey none@example.com 2010

  • Yes, Ms McLean wants to take your money for teaching you 'had any thetas.

    mgk: Machine Gun Keyboard 2009

  • “I mean, this isn’t Greek, though it’s Greek to me, but there are a goodly smattering of thetas and alphas.”

    A Letter of Mary King, Laurie R. 1996

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