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|Full diacritics=ζῦθος
|Medium diacritics=ζῦθος
|Low diacritics=ζύθος
|Capitals=ΖΥΘΟΣ
|Transliteration A=zŷthos
|Transliteration B=zythos
|Transliteration C=zythos
|Beta Code=zu=qos
|Definition=ου<b class="b3">, ὁ</b> (also <b class="b3">-εος, τό</b>, Thphr. (v. infr.), D.S. (v. infr.)), an Egyptian kind of <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">beer</b>, brewed with barley, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.11.2</span>, Dsc.2.87, <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.14</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.34</span>, etc.; cf. [[ζῦτος]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">beer</b> of northern nations, <span class="bibl">Posidon.15J.</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.3.3.7</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.5.26</span>. (The word was used in Egypt acc. to Thphr. l.c., etc.: written <b class="b3">ζυτο-</b> (q. v.) in the older Pap.: freq. accented <b class="b3">ζύθος</b> in codd., but ζῦθος Phot., <b class="b3">ζῡ-</b> in verse, Poet. ap. <span class="bibl">D.Chr.32.82</span>, Colum.<span class="bibl">10.116</span>.)</span>
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