glechonites

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γληχωνίτης (glēkhōnítēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡleː.kʰoːˈniː.tes/, [ɡɫ̪eːkʰoːˈniːt̪ɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡle.koˈni.tes/, [ɡlekoˈniːt̪es]

Noun

glēchōnītes m (genitive glēchōnītetis); third declension

1. pennyroyal wine, wine flavored with pennyroyal
   • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Agricultura 12.35:

     Vinum absinthiten, et hyssopiten, et abrotoniten, et thymiten, et marathriten, et glechoniten sic condire oportet.

     It is thus proper to spice wine with wormwood, hyssop, southern-wood, thyme, fennel, and pennyroal

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	glēchōnītes	glēchōnītetēs
genitive	glēchōnītetis	glēchōnītetum
dative	glēchōnītetī	glēchōnītetibus
accusative	glēchōnītetem	glēchōnītetēs
ablative	glēchōnītete	glēchōnītetibus
vocative	glēchōnītes	glēchōnītetēs

Related terms

• glēchōn

References

• “glechonites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• glechonites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.