καιέτα
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- καίατα (kaíata)
Etymology
[edit]It has been connected with καίω (kaíō, “to burn”), because of its burning taste. According to Beekes, the word is rather Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kɛˈe.ta/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cɛˈe.ta/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ceˈe.ta/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ceˈe.ta/
Noun
[edit]καιέτα • (kaiéta)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: καλαμίνθη (kalamínthē, “catmint”), as they say in Boeotia.
References
[edit]- “καιέτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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, →ISBN
- Hesychius' Lexicon: κ