zythum
English
Etymology
From Latin zȳthum, from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzaɪθəm/
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Noun
zythum (uncountable)
- (historical) An unfermented kind of Egyptian malt beer.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, OCLC 59891543, page 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.
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Synonyms
- zythos, sisni
References
- zythum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zi.tɔm/
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Noun
zythum m (plural zythums)
- 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) IPA(key): /ˈzyː.tʰum/, [ˈd̪͡z̪yːt̪ʰʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡zi.tum/, [ˈd̪͡z̪iːt̪um]
Noun
zȳthum n (genitive zȳthī); second declension
- beer or ale
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 |
Synonyms
- (beer): cervisia
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)