ἀψίνθιον

See also: αψίνθιον

Ancient Greek

ἀψίνθιον

Alternative forms

ἄψινθος (ápsinthos), ἀψινθία (apsinthía), ἀψινθή (apsinthḗ), ἀψίνθιν (apsínthin)

Etymology

The cluster -ινθ- (-inth-) suggests a Pre-Greek source, as in τερέβινθος (terébinthos, “terebinth”), ἐρέβινθος (erébinthos, “chickpea”), μίνθη (mínthē, “mint”), ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “hyacinth”), πλίνθος (plínthos, “brick”), μήρινθος (mḗrinthos, “cord, line”), κήρινθος (kḗrinthos, “bee bread”), λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos, “labyrinth”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ap.sín.tʰi.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /apˈsin.tʰi.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /apˈsin.θi.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /apˈsin.θi.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /apˈsin.θi.on/

Noun

ἀψίνθιον • (apsínthion) n (genitive ἀψινθίου); second declension

wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.1:
  ἐν τούτῳ δὲ τῷ τόπῳ ἦν μὲν ἡ γῆ πεδίον ἅπαν ὁμαλὲς ὥσπερ θάλαττα, ἀψινθίου δὲ πλῆρες·
  en toútōi dè tôi tópōi ên mèn hē gê pedíon hápan homalès hṓsper thálatta, apsinthíou dè plêres;
  In this region the ground was all a plain, flat like the sea, and full of wormwood.
vermouth, wine spiced by wormwood

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀψίνθιον; τοῦ ἀψινθίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀψίνθιον tò apsínthion	τὼ ἀψινθίω tṑ apsinthíō	τᾰ̀ ἀψίνθιᾰ tà apsínthia
Genitive	τοῦ ἀψινθίου toû apsinthíou	τοῖν ἀψινθίοιν toîn apsinthíoin	τῶν ἀψινθίων tôn apsinthíōn
Dative	τῷ ἀψινθίῳ tôi apsinthíōi	τοῖν ἀψινθίοιν toîn apsinthíoin	τοῖς ἀψινθίοις toîs apsinthíois
Accusative	τὸ ἀψίνθιον tò apsínthion	τὼ ἀψινθίω tṑ apsinthíō	τᾰ̀ ἀψίνθιᾰ tà apsínthia
Vocative	ἀψίνθιον apsínthion	ἀψινθίω apsinthíō	ἀψίνθιᾰ apsínthia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀψινθίατον (apsinthíaton, “vermouth”)
ἀψινθίτης (apsinthítēs, “prepared with wormwood”)

Descendants

Greek: αψίνθιον (apsínthion) (Katharevousa), αψινθιά (apsinthiá), αψιθιά (apsithiá)
→ Arabic: أَفْسِنْتِين‎ (ʾafsintīn)
→ Aramaic:
Galilean: אפסינתינון‎ (ap̄sinṭīnōn)

Babylonian: אפסנתין‎ (ap̄sinṭīn)

Syriac: ܐܦܣܢܬܝܢ‎ (ap̄sinṭīn), ܐܦܣܢܬܝܘܢ‎ (ap̄sinṭiōn)
- → Arabic: إِسْفِنْط‎ (ʾisfinṭ), إِسْفَنْط‎ (ʾisfanṭ), إِسْفِنْد‎ (ʾisfind), إِسْفَنْد‎ (ʾisfand)
→ Latin: absinthium (see there for further descendants)

ἀψίνθιον

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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