Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /méθy/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /méθy/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /méθi/

Noun

μέθυ • ‎(méthu) n ‎(genitive μέθυος); third declension

1. wine

Inflection

Synonyms

• οἶνος ‎(oînos)

Derived terms

• ἀμέθυστος ‎(améthustos)

Descendants

• English: methylene, methane
• French: méthylène
• Greek: μέθη ‎(méthi), μεθοκοπάω ‎(methokopáo), μεθώ ‎(methó), μέθυσος ‎(méthysos), μεθύλιο ‎(methýlio), μεθυλένιο ‎(methylénio), μεθάνιο ‎(methánio), μεθανόλη ‎(methanóli)

References

• μέθυ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μέθυ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μέθυ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «μέθυ» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «μέθυ» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ale idem, page 22.
  • wine idem, page 981.