ζῦθος
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See also: ζύθος
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdŷː.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzy.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzy.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzy.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzi.θos/
Noun
[edit]ζῦθος • (zûthos) m or n (genitive ζῡ́θου or ζῡ́θους, variously declined); second declension, third declension
- an Egyptian kind of beer brewed with barley
- 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;
- 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·
- beer of northern nations
- Posidon. 15.J.
- a. AD 893, Photius, Lexicon
- Colum. 10.116
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ζῦθος ho zûthos |
τὼ ζῡ́θω tṑ zū́thō |
οἱ ζῦθοι hoi zûthoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ζῡ́θου toû zū́thou |
τοῖν ζῡ́θοιν toîn zū́thoin |
τῶν ζῡ́θων tôn zū́thōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ζῡ́θῳ tôi zū́thōi |
τοῖν ζῡ́θοιν toîn zū́thoin |
τοῖς ζῡ́θοις toîs zū́thois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ζῦθον tòn zûthon |
τὼ ζῡ́θω tṑ zū́thō |
τοὺς ζῡ́θους toùs zū́thous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ζῦθε zûthe |
ζῡ́θω zū́thō |
ζῦθοι zûthoi | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ζῦθος tò zûthos |
τὼ ζῡ́θει tṑ zū́thei |
τᾰ̀ ζῡ́θη tà zū́thē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ζῡ́θους toû zū́thous |
τοῖν ζῡθοῖν toîn zūthoîn |
τῶν ζῡθῶν tôn zūthôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ζῡ́θει tôi zū́thei |
τοῖν ζῡθοῖν toîn zūthoîn |
τοῖς ζῡ́θεσῐ / ζῡ́θεσῐν toîs zū́thesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ζῦθος tò zûthos |
τὼ ζῡ́θει tṑ zū́thei |
τᾰ̀ ζῡ́θη tà zū́thē | ||||||||||
Vocative | ζῦθος zûthos |
ζῡ́θει zū́thei |
ζῡ́θη zū́thē | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- ζῡθοπώλης (zūthopṓlēs)
- ζῡτηρά (zūtērá)
- ζῡτοποιέω (zūtopoiéō)
- ζῡτοποιΐα (zūtopoiḯa)
- ζῡτοποιός (zūtopoiós)
- ζῡτοπώλῐον (zūtopṓlion)
- ζῡτόπωλῐς (zūtópōlis)
- ζῡτουργεῖον (zūtourgeîon)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
Further reading
[edit]- “ζῦθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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