μέθυ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *métʰu (“intoxicating drink; mead”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; mead”). Cognates include Sanskrit मधु (mádhu, “honey”), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), and Old English medu (English mead).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mé.tʰy/ → /ˈme.θy/ → /ˈme.θi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mé.tʰy/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tʰy/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.θy/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.θy/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈme.θi/

Noun

μέθῠ • (méthŭ) n (genitive μέθῠος); third declension

1. (Epic) wine

Inflection

Third declension of μέθῠ; μέθῠος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	μέθῠ méthŭ
Genitive	μέθῠος méthŭos
Dative	μέθῠῐ̈ méthŭĭ̈
Accusative	μέθῠ méthŭ
Vocative	μέθῠ méthŭ
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Synonyms

• οἶνος (oînos)

Derived terms

• ἀμέθυστος (améthustos)
• μέθη (méthē)

References

• “μέθυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μέθυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “μέθυ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μέθυ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μέθυ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ale idem, page 22.
  • wine idem, page 981.