μίνθη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μίνθᾰ (míntha)
- μίνθος (mínthos)
Etymology
A foreign word, like Latin menta (“mint”). It is undoubtedly Pre-Greek, because of the variant ending in "-ᾰ".
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mín.tʰɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmin.tʰe/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmin.θi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmin.θi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmin.θi/
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μίνθη hē mínthē |
τὼ μίνθᾱ tṑ mínthā |
αἱ μίνθαι hai mínthai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μίνθης tês mínthēs |
τοῖν μίνθαιν toîn mínthain |
τῶν μινθῶν tôn minthôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μίνθῃ têi mínthēi |
τοῖν μίνθαιν toîn mínthain |
ταῖς μίνθαις taîs mínthais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μίνθην tḕn mínthēn |
τὼ μίνθᾱ tṑ mínthā |
τᾱ̀ς μίνθᾱς tā̀s mínthās | ||||||||||
Vocative | μίνθη mínthē |
μίνθᾱ mínthā |
μίνθαι mínthai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μινθάριον (minthárion)
- μίνθων (mínthōn)
References
- μίνθη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
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