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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Likely represents a Slavic or Germanic word (if the latter, probably Gothic or a related East Germanic dialect); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.
Noun
μέδος • (médos) m
- (hapax) mead
Ἐχορηγοῦντο δὲ ἡμῖν κατὰ κώμας τροφαὶ, ἀντὶ μὲν σίτου κέγχρος, ἀντὶ δὲ οἴνου ὁ μέδος ἐπιχωρίως καλούμενος.- Ekhorēgoûnto dè hēmîn katà kṓmas trophaì, antì mèn sítou kénkhros, antì dè oínou ho médos epikhōríōs kaloúmenos.
- Refreshments were supplied to us in the villages, with grain being called 'millet', and wine 'mead', according to the local tradition.
Usage notes
- Mentioned only once (by Priscus, 5th century AD), as the name of a drink foreigners somewhere on the way from Greece to the court of Attila the Hun had instead of wine.
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