καιέτα

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

καίατα (kaíata)

Etymology

It has been connected with καίω (kaíō, “to burn”), because of its burning taste. According to Beekes, the word is rather Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kɛˈe.ta/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cɛˈe.ta/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈe.ta/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈe.ta/

Noun

καιέτα • (kaiéta)

Hesychius' gives the definition as: καλαμίνθη (kalamínthē, “catmint”), as they say in Boeotia.

References

“καιέτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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
Hesychius' Lexicon: κ

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