ζῦθος

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown; suggested sources have included Egyptian, Proto-Scythian, Pre-Greek, or a native origin, in which case it would be related to ζύμη (zúmē, yeast) and ζέω (zéō, to boil).[1] See even farther Angami zhūthō (rice beer) whence English zutho.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ζῦθος (zûthosm or n (genitive ζῡ́θου or ζῡ́θους, variously declined); second declension, third declension

  1. an Egyptian kind of beer brewed with barley
    • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, On the Causes of Plants 6.11.2
    • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 2.87
    • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 17.1.14:
      ἅπασα μὲν ἡ χώρα αὕτη οὐκ εὔοινος, πλείω δεχομένου τοῦ κεράμου θάλατταν ἢ οἶνον ὃν δὴ καλοῦσι Λιβυκόν, ᾧ δὴ καὶ τῷ ζύθῳ τὸ πολὺ φῦλον χρῆται τῶν Ἀλεξανδρέων·
      hápasa mèn hē khṓra haútē ouk eúoinos, pleíō dekhoménou toû kerámou thálattan ḕ oînon hòn dḕ kaloûsi Libukón, hôi dḕ kaì tôi zúthōi tò polù phûlon khrêtai tôn Alexandréōn;
  2. beer of northern nations

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: ζύθος (zýthos)
  • Latin: zȳthum
  • Translingual: Zythos

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζῦθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 503

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