marathrites

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαραθρίτης (marathrítēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.raˈtʰriː.teːs/, [märäˈt̪ʰriːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.raˈtri.tes/, [märäˈt̪riːt̪es]

Noun

marathrītēs m (genitive marathrītae); first declension

1. fennel-wine, wine flavored with fennel
   • 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

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	marathrītēs	marathrītae
genitive	marathrītae	marathrītārum
dative	marathrītae	marathrītīs
accusative	marathrītēn	marathrītās
ablative	marathrītē	marathrītīs
vocative	marathrītē	marathrītae

Related terms

• marathrum

References

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