"μέθυ" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /mé.tʰy/, /ˈme.θy/, /ˈme.θi/, /mé.tʰy/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme.tʰy/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈme.θy/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈme.θy/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈme.θi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
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). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*métʰu|t=intoxicating drink; mead}} Proto-Hellenic *métʰu (“intoxicating drink; mead”), {{der|grc|ine-pro|*médʰu||honey; mead}} Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; mead”), {{cog|sa|मधु||honey|tr=mádhu}} Sanskrit मधु (mádhu, “honey”), {{cog|lt|medùs}} Lithuanian medùs, {{cog|cu|медъ||honey}} Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), {{cog|ang|medu}} Old English medu, {{cog|en|mead}} English mead Head templates: {{grc-noun|μέθῠ|μέθῠος|n|third}} μέθῠ • (méthu) n (genitive μέθῠος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μέθῠ|μέθῠος|form=N-S}} Forms: μέθῠ [canonical], méthu [romanization], μέθῠος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ μέθῠ [nominative, singular], τοῦ μέθῠος [genitive, singular], τῷ μέθῠῐ̈ [dative, singular], τὸ μέθῠ [accusative, singular], μέθῠ [singular, vocative]
  1. (Epic) wine Tags: Epic Synonyms: οἶνος (oînos) Derived forms: ἀμέθυστος (améthustos)

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}

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