Minthe
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Μινθη (Minthē, literally “Mint”).
Proper noun
editMinthe
- (Greek mythology) A nymph (associated with Mount Minthe in southern Greece) with whom Hades had an affair before the taking of Persephone and she complained in jealousy that she is more nobler in form than Persephone(his wife) and when Demeter(her mother) heard of it, she trampled the nymph under her foot and turned the her into herb mint.
Translations
editnymph
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Μίνθη (Mínthē).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmin.tʰeː/, [ˈmɪn̪t̪ʰeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmin.te/, [ˈmin̪t̪e]
Proper noun
editMinthē f sg (genitive Minthēs); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Minthē |
Genitive | Minthēs |
Dative | Minthae |
Accusative | Minthēn |
Ablative | Minthē |
Vocative | Minthē |
References
edit- “Elis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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