"zmintha" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈzmɪn.tʰa] [Classical-Latin]
Etymology: Presumably from menta, mintha, though the precise origin of the z- is obscure. See menta for more. Head templates: {{la-noun|zmintha<1>}} zmintha f (genitive zminthae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|zmintha<1>}} Forms: zminthae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], zmintha [nominative, singular], zminthae [nominative, plural], zminthae [genitive, singular], zminthārum [genitive, plural], zminthae [dative, singular], zminthīs [dative, plural], zmintham [accusative, singular], zminthās [accusative, plural], zminthā [ablative, singular], zminthīs [ablative, plural], zmintha [singular, vocative], zminthae [plural, vocative]
  1. (hapax legomenon) a type of mint, or simply an alternative form of menta (“mint”) Tags: declension-1, feminine

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "Presumably from menta, mintha, though the precise origin of the z- is obscure. See menta for more.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zminthae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zmintha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zmintham",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zmintha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zmintha<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "zmintha f (genitive zminthae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zmintha<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin hapax legomena",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Plants",
          "orig": "la:Plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For basil decays with old age into wild thyme, and water mint into zmintha, and turnips are produced from old cabbage seed, and so forth.",
          "ref": "c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 19.57.176",
          "text": "Namque et ocimum senectute degenerat in serpyllum, et sisymbrium in zmintham, et ex semine brassicae vetere rapa fiunt, atque invicem."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a type of mint, or simply an alternative form of menta (“mint”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-zmintha-la-noun-P58C9~TN",
      "links": [
        [
          "mint",
          "mint"
        ],
        [
          "menta",
          "menta#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(hapax legomenon) a type of mint, or simply an alternative form of menta (“mint”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈzmɪn.tʰa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "zmintha"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Presumably from menta, mintha, though the precise origin of the z- is obscure. See menta for more.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zminthae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zmintha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zmintham",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zmintha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zminthae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zmintha<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "zmintha f (genitive zminthae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zmintha<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin hapax legomena",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms spelled with Z",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Plants"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For basil decays with old age into wild thyme, and water mint into zmintha, and turnips are produced from old cabbage seed, and so forth.",
          "ref": "c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 19.57.176",
          "text": "Namque et ocimum senectute degenerat in serpyllum, et sisymbrium in zmintham, et ex semine brassicae vetere rapa fiunt, atque invicem."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a type of mint, or simply an alternative form of menta (“mint”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mint",
          "mint"
        ],
        [
          "menta",
          "menta#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(hapax legomenon) a type of mint, or simply an alternative form of menta (“mint”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈzmɪn.tʰa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "zmintha"
}

Download raw JSONL data for zmintha meaning in Latin (2.7kB)

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