zythum
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English
Etymology
From Latin zȳthum, from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzaɪθəm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
zythum (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 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
References
- “zythum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
zythum m (plural zythums)
Further reading
- “zythum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈzyː.tʰum/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡zi.tum/,
- (Traditional English) IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯.θəm/
Noun
zȳthum n (genitive zȳthī); second declension
- a type of alcoholic drink associated with Egypt
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zȳthum | zȳtha |
| genitive | zȳthī | zȳthōrum |
| dative | zȳthō | zȳthīs |
| accusative | zȳthum | zȳtha |
| ablative | zȳthō | zȳthīs |
| vocative | zȳthum | zȳtha |
Coordinate terms
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)