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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀβροτονίτης (abrotonítēs), itself from ἀβρότονον (abrótonon).
Pronunciation
Noun
abrotonītēs m (genitive abrotonītae); first declension
- wine prepared with southernwood
4 CE – c. 70 CE,
Columella,
De Agricultura 12.35:
- Vinum absinthiten, et hyssopiten, et abrotoniten, et thymiten, et marathriten, et glechoniten sic condire oportet.
- It is thus proper to spice wine with wormwood, hyssop, southern-wood, thyme, fennel, and pennyroal
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
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