temetum

Latin

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *tēmH- (“intoxication; unconscious”),[1] itself derived from *temH- (“dark”),[2] likely referring to the hazy "blackout" state one encounters when intoxicated, or perhaps the dark color of intoxicating beverages like wine. Cognate with Sanskrit ताम्यति (tāmyati, “to be suffocated, exhausted”), Armenian թմրել (tʻmrel, “to become stunned, numb”), German dämlich (“very stupid”); see also tenebrae.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    tēmētum n (genitive tēmētī); second declension

    1. any intoxicating drink, especially strong wine or mead

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative tēmētum tēmēta
    genitive tēmētī tēmētōrum
    dative tēmētō tēmētīs
    accusative tēmētum tēmēta
    ablative tēmētō tēmētīs
    vocative tēmētum tēmēta

    See also

    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.
    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 609
    2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 626
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