νέπετος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • νέπιτα (népita)

Etymology

According to André, νέπιτα (népita) was taken from Latin nepeta (catmint). Furnée considers the origin of the Latin word to be Ancient Greek *νεπετα (*nepeta). Altogether, these variants point to Pre-Greek origin. Note the Pre-Greek suffix *-ετ- (*-et-), *-ιτ- (*-it-) and the vowel alternation.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νέπετος • (népetos) m (genitive νεπέτου); second declension

  1. catmint (Nepeta cataria)
    Synonym: καλαμίνθη (kalamínthē)

Inflection

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