μέθυ

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *métʰu (“intoxicating drink; mead”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; mead”). Cognates include Sanskrit मधु (mádhu, “honey”), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), and Old English medu (English mead).

μέθῠ • (méthŭ) n (genitive μέθῠος); third declension

Third declension of μέθῠ; μέθῠος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	μέθῠ méthŭ
Genitive	μέθῠος méthŭos
Dative	μέθῠῐ̈ méthŭĭ̈
Accusative	μέθῠ méthŭ
Vocative	μέθῠ méthŭ
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

“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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ale idem, page 22.
- wine idem, page 981.