temetum

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *temH- (dark), referring to the colour of wine. Cognate with Latin tenebrae.

Noun

tēmētum n (genitive tēmētī); second declension

  1. Any intoxicating drink, especially strong wine or mead

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tēmētum tēmēta
Genitive tēmētī tēmētōrum
Dative tēmētō tēmētīs
Accusative tēmētum tēmēta
Ablative tēmētō tēmētīs
Vocative tēmētum tēmēta

References

  • temetum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • temetum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • temetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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