zmintha
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Presumably from menta, mintha, though the precise origin of the z- is obscure. See menta for more.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zmintha f (genitive zminthae); first declension
- (hapax) a type of mint, or simply an alternative form of menta (“mint”)
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 19.57.176:
- Namque et ocimum senectute degenerat in serpyllum, et sisymbrium in zmintham, et ex semine brassicae vetere rapa fiunt, atque invicem.
- For basil decays with old age into wild thyme, and water mint into zmintha, and turnips are produced from old cabbage seed, and so forth.
- Namque et ocimum senectute degenerat in serpyllum, et sisymbrium in zmintham, et ex semine brassicae vetere rapa fiunt, atque invicem.
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | zmintha | zminthae |
| Genitive | zminthae | zminthārum |
| Dative | zminthae | zminthīs |
| Accusative | zmintham | zminthās |
| Ablative | zminthā | zminthīs |
| Vocative | zmintha | zminthae |
References[edit]
- “zmintha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- zmintha in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- zmintha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “zmintha” on page 1225/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)