"μίνθη" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μίνθη in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mín.tʰɛː/, /ˈmin.θi/, /ˈmin.θi/, /mín.tʰɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈmin.tʰe̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈmin.θi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈmin.θi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈmin.θi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: A foreign substrate word, like Latin menta (“mint”). It is undoubtedly Pre-Greek, because of the variant ending in ”-ᾰ” and the -νθ- cluster, see ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion). See Armenian մանդակ (mandak) for more. Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀖𐀲 (mi-ta). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qfa-sub|-}} substrate, {{cog|la|menta|t=mint}} Latin menta (“mint”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek, {{cog|hy|մանդակ}} Armenian մանդակ (mandak), {{cog|gmy|𐀖𐀲}} Mycenaean Greek 𐀖𐀲 (mi-ta) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μίνθης|f|first}} μίνθη • (mínthē) f (genitive μίνθης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μίνθη|μίνθης|form=F}} Forms: mínthē [romanization], μίνθης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ μίνθη [nominative, singular], τὼ μίνθᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ μίνθαι [nominative, plural], τῆς μίνθης [genitive, singular], τοῖν μίνθαιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μινθῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ μίνθῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν μίνθαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς μίνθαις [dative, plural], τὴν μίνθην [accusative, singular], τὼ μίνθᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς μίνθᾱς [accusative, plural], μίνθη [singular, vocative], μίνθᾱ [dual, vocative], μίνθαι [plural, vocative]
  1. mint (Mentha viridis) Categories (topical): Spices Categories (lifeform): Mint family plants Synonyms: μίνθᾰ (míntha), μίνθος (mínthos) Derived forms: μινθάριον (minthárion), μίνθων (mínthōn) Related terms: καλαμίνθη (kalamínthē) [possibly]
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "menta",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Latin: menta, mentha, mintha",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "perhaps via unattested <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">*μένθα</i> (*méntha)"
          },
          "expansion": "(perhaps via unattested *μένθα (*méntha))",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Latin: menta, mentha, mintha (perhaps via unattested *μένθα (*méntha)) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lzz",
            "2": "მინთა",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Laz: მინთა (minta)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Laz: მინთა (minta)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xmf",
            "2": "*მინთა",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mingrelian: *მინთა (*minta)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mingrelian: *მინთა (*minta) (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qfa-sub",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "menta",
        "t": "mint"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin menta (“mint”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "մանդակ"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian մանդակ (mandak)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmy",
        "2": "𐀖𐀲"
      },
      "expansion": "Mycenaean Greek 𐀖𐀲 (mi-ta)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A foreign substrate word, like Latin menta (“mint”). It is undoubtedly Pre-Greek, because of the variant ending in ”-ᾰ” and the -νθ- cluster, see ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion). See Armenian մանդակ (mandak) for more. Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀖𐀲 (mi-ta).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mínthē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μίνθης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ μίνθη",
      "roman": "hē mínthē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μίνθᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ mínthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ μίνθαι",
      "roman": "hai mínthai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς μίνθης",
      "roman": "tês mínthēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μίνθαιν",
      "roman": "toîn mínthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μινθῶν",
      "roman": "tôn minthôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ μίνθῃ",
      "roman": "têi mínthēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μίνθαιν",
      "roman": "toîn mínthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μίνθαις",
      "roman": "taîs mínthais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μίνθην",
      "roman": "tḕn mínthēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μίνθᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ mínthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μίνθᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s mínthās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μίνθη",
      "roman": "mínthē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μίνθᾱ",
      "roman": "mínthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μίνθαι",
      "roman": "mínthai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μίνθης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "μίνθη • (mínthē) f (genitive μίνθης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μίνθη",
        "2": "μίνθης",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Mint family plants",
          "orig": "grc:Mint family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Lamiales order plants",
            "Spices and herbs",
            "Plants",
            "Shrubs",
            "Trees",
            "Foods",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature",
            "Human"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Spices",
          "orig": "grc:Spices",
          "parents": [
            "Spices and herbs",
            "Foods",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "minthárion",
          "word": "μινθάριον"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínthōn",
          "word": "μίνθων"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mint (Mentha viridis)"
      ],
      "id": "en-μίνθη-grc-noun-OUxYcBAX",
      "links": [
        [
          "mint",
          "mint"
        ],
        [
          "Mentha viridis",
          "Mentha viridis"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "kalamínthē",
          "tags": [
            "possibly"
          ],
          "word": "καλαμίνθη"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "míntha",
          "word": "μίνθᾰ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínthos",
          "word": "μίνθος"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mín.tʰɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmin.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmin.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mín.tʰɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmin.tʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmin.θi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmin.θi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmin.θi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μίνθη"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "minthárion",
      "word": "μινθάριον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínthōn",
      "word": "μίνθων"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "menta",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Latin: menta, mentha, mintha",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "perhaps via unattested <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">*μένθα</i> (*méntha)"
          },
          "expansion": "(perhaps via unattested *μένθα (*méntha))",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Latin: menta, mentha, mintha (perhaps via unattested *μένθα (*méntha)) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lzz",
            "2": "მინთა",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Laz: მინთა (minta)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Laz: მინთა (minta)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xmf",
            "2": "*მინთა",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mingrelian: *მინთა (*minta)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mingrelian: *მინთა (*minta) (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qfa-sub",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "substrate",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "menta",
        "t": "mint"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin menta (“mint”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "մանդակ"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian մանդակ (mandak)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmy",
        "2": "𐀖𐀲"
      },
      "expansion": "Mycenaean Greek 𐀖𐀲 (mi-ta)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A foreign substrate word, like Latin menta (“mint”). It is undoubtedly Pre-Greek, because of the variant ending in ”-ᾰ” and the -νθ- cluster, see ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion). See Armenian մանդակ (mandak) for more. Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀖𐀲 (mi-ta).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mínthē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μίνθης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ μίνθη",
      "roman": "hē mínthē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μίνθᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ mínthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ μίνθαι",
      "roman": "hai mínthai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς μίνθης",
      "roman": "tês mínthēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μίνθαιν",
      "roman": "toîn mínthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μινθῶν",
      "roman": "tôn minthôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ μίνθῃ",
      "roman": "têi mínthēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μίνθαιν",
      "roman": "toîn mínthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μίνθαις",
      "roman": "taîs mínthais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μίνθην",
      "roman": "tḕn mínthēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μίνθᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ mínthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μίνθᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s mínthās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μίνθη",
      "roman": "mínthē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μίνθᾱ",
      "roman": "mínthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μίνθαι",
      "roman": "mínthai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μίνθης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "μίνθη • (mínthē) f (genitive μίνθης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μίνθη",
        "2": "μίνθης",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "kalamínthē",
      "tags": [
        "possibly"
      ],
      "word": "καλαμίνθη"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from substrate languages",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Mint family plants",
        "grc:Spices"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mint (Mentha viridis)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mint",
          "mint"
        ],
        [
          "Mentha viridis",
          "Mentha viridis"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mín.tʰɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmin.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmin.θi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mín.tʰɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmin.tʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmin.θi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmin.θi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmin.θi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "míntha",
      "word": "μίνθᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínthos",
      "word": "μίνθος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μίνθη"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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