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

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /teːˈmeː.tum/, [t̪eːˈmeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /teˈme.tum/, [t̪eˈmɛːt̪um]

Noun

tēmētum n (genitive tēmētī); second declension

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

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.

^ 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
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 626

[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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