Minthe

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From Ancient Greek Μινθη (Minthē, literally “Mint”).

Minthe

1. (Greek mythology) A nymph (associated with Mount Minthe in southern Greece) with whom Hades had an affair before the taking of Persephone and she complained in jealousy that she is more nobler in form than Persephone(his wife) and when Demeter(her mother) heard of it, she trampled the nymph under her foot and turned the her into herb mint.

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μίνθη (Mínthē).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmin.tʰeː/, [ˈmɪn̪t̪ʰeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmin.te/, [ˈmin̪t̪e]

Minthē f sg (genitive Minthēs); first declension

1. A mountain of Triphylia and seat of the worship of Hades

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

• “Elis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly