Minthe

English

Alternative forms

• Mente

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μινθη (Minthē, literally “Mint”).

Proper noun

Minthe

1. (Greek mythology) A nymph (associated with Mount Minthe in southern Greece) with whom Hades had an affair before the taking of Persephone and she complained in jealousy that she is more nobler in form than Persephone(his wife) and when Demeter(her mother) heard of it, she trampled the nymph under her foot and turned the her into herb mint.

Translations

nymph

Anagrams

• hit men, hitmen

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μίνθη (Mínthē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmin.tʰeː/, [ˈmɪn̪t̪ʰeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmin.te/, [ˈmin̪t̪e]

Proper noun

Minthē f sg (genitive Minthēs); first declension

1. A mountain of Triphylia and seat of the worship of Hades

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Minthē
Genitive	Minthēs
Dative	Minthae
Accusative	Minthēn
Ablative	Minthē
Vocative	Minthē

References

• “Elis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly