μίνθη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μίνθᾰ (míntha), μίνθος (mínthos)

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).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mín.tʰɛː/ → /ˈmin.θi/ → /ˈmin.θi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mín.tʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmin.tʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmin.θi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmin.θi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmin.θi/

Noun

μίνθη • (mínthē) f (genitive μίνθης); first declension

1. mint (Mentha viridis)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μίνθη; τῆς μίνθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μίνθη hē mínthē	τὼ μίνθᾱ tṑ mínthā	αἱ μίνθαι hai mínthai
Genitive	τῆς μίνθης tês mínthēs	τοῖν μίνθαιν toîn mínthain	τῶν μινθῶν tôn minthôn
Dative	τῇ μίνθῃ têi mínthēi	τοῖν μίνθαιν toîn mínthain	ταῖς μίνθαις taîs mínthais
Accusative	τὴν μίνθην tḕn mínthēn	τὼ μίνθᾱ tṑ mínthā	τᾱ̀ς μίνθᾱς tā̀s mínthās
Vocative	μίνθη mínthē	μίνθᾱ mínthā	μίνθαι mínthai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μινθάριον (minthárion)
• μίνθων (mínthōn)

 

Related terms

• καλαμίνθη (kalamínthē) (possibly)

Descendants

• →? Latin: menta, mentha, mintha (perhaps via unattested *μένθα (*méntha)) (see there for further descendants)
• → Laz: მინთა (minta)
• → Mingrelian: *მინთა (*minta) (see there for further descendants)

References

• μίνθη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN