ἀψίνθιον

Ancient Greek

ἀψίνθιον

Alternative forms

  • ἄψινθος (ápsinthos), ἀψινθία (apsinthía), ἀψινθή (apsinthḗ), ἀψίνθιν (apsínthin)

Etymology

The cluster -ινθ- (-inth-) suggests a Pre-Greek source, as in τερέβινθος (terébinthos, terebinth), ἐρέβινθος (erébinthos, chickpea), μίνθη (mínthē, mint), ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, hyacinth), πλίνθος (plínthos, brick), μήρινθος (mḗrinthos, cord, line), κήρινθος (kḗrinthos, bee bread), λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos, labyrinth).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion) n (genitive ἀψινθίου); second declension

  1. wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
    • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.1:
      ἐν τούτῳ δὲ τῷ τόπῳ ἦν μὲν ἡ γῆ πεδίον ἅπαν ὁμαλὲς ὥσπερ θάλαττα, ἀψινθίου δὲ πλῆρες·
      en toútōi dè tôi tópōi ên mèn hē gê pedíon hápan homalès hṓsper thálatta, apsinthíou dè plêres;
      In this region the ground was all a plain, flat like the sea, and full of wormwood.
  2. vermouth, wine spiced by wormwood

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀψινθίατον (apsinthíaton, vermouth)
  • ἀψινθίτης (apsinthítēs, prepared with wormwood)

Descendants

  • Greek: αψίνθιον (apsínthion) (Katharevousa), αψινθιά (apsinthiá), αψιθιά (apsithiá)
  • Arabic: أَفْسِنْتِين (ʾafsintīn)
  • Aramaic:
    Galilean: אפסינתינון (ap̄sinṭīnōn)
    Babylonian: אפסנתין (ap̄sinṭīn)
    Syriac: ܐܦܣܢܬܝܢ (ap̄sinṭīn), ܐܦܣܢܬܝܘܢ (ap̄sinṭiōn)
  • Latin: absinthium (see there for further descendants)

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