zythum
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin zȳthum, from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈzaɪθəm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editzythum (uncountable)
- (historical) An unfermented kind of Egyptian malt beer.
- 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, →OCLC, section I, pages 14–15:
- Cartwright looked up from the Chamber’s[sic] 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
editReferences
edit- “zythum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editzythum m (plural zythums)
Further reading
edit- “zythum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈzyː.tʰum/, [ˈd̪͡z̪yːt̪ʰʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡zi.tum/, [ˈd̪͡z̪iːt̪um]
- (Traditional English) IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯.θəm/
Noun
editzȳthum n (genitive zȳthī); second declension
- a type of alcoholic drink associated with Egypt
Declension
editSecond-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
editReferences
edit- “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)
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