zythum

English

Etymology

From Latin zȳthum, from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪθəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

zythum (uncountable)

1. (historical) An unfermented kind of Egyptian malt beer.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, pages 21-22:

     Cartwright looked up from the Chambers Encyclopaedia... One day he would get right to the end, to zythum. Not that he needed to. He had already peeped ahead and seen that it was a kind of ancient Egyptian beer, much recommended by Diodorus Siculus—whoever he was.

Synonyms

• zythos, sisni

References

• “zythum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zi.tɔm/

• Audio:

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Noun

zythum m (plural zythums)

1. zythum

Further reading

• “zythum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈzyː.tʰum/, [ˈd̪͡z̪yːt̪ʰʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zi.tum/, [ˈd̪͡z̪iːt̪um]
• (Traditional English) IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ̯.θəm/

Noun

zȳthum n (genitive zȳthī); second declension

1. a type of alcoholic drink associated with Egypt

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	zȳthum	zȳtha
Genitive	zȳthī	zȳthōrum
Dative	zȳthō	zȳthīs
Accusative	zȳthum	zȳtha
Ablative	zȳthō	zȳthīs
Vocative	zȳthum	zȳtha

Coordinate terms

• camum, cēlia, cervēsa

References

• “zythum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “zythum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “zythum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• zythum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “zȳthum” on page 2,126/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)