ζῦθος
Δοὺς τῇ τύχῃ τὸ μικρὸν ἐκλήψῃ μέγα → Dans parva sorti recipies, quae magna sunt → Es zahlt das Glück dir kleinen Einsatz groß zurück
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ (also -εος, τό, Thphr. (v. infr.), D.S. (v. infr.)), an Egyptian kind of
A beer, brewed with barley, Thphr.CP6.11.2, Dsc.2.87, Str.17.1.14, D.S.1.34, etc.; cf. ζῦτος. 2 beer of northern nations, Posidon.15J., Str.3.3.7, D.S.5.26. (The word was used in Egypt acc. to Thphr. l.c., etc.: written ζυτο- (q. v.) in the older Pap.: freq. accented ζύθος in codd., but ζῦθος Phot., ζῡ- in verse, Poet. ap. D.Chr.32.82, Colum.10.116.)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ζῦθος: -ου, ὁ, ἢ -εος, τό, (ἴδε ζέω) εἶδος αἰγυπτιακοῦ ζύθου, Θεόφρ. Αἰτ. Φ. 6. 11, 2, Διοσκ. 2. 109, Στράβ. 799, Διόδ. 1. 34, πρβλ. Ἡρόδ. 2. 77· δοτ. ζύτῳ (οὕτω) ἐν Αἰθιοπικῇ τινι ἐπιγραφ. ἐν τῇ Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 5128. 16. 2) ὁ ζῦθος τῶν βορείων ἐθνῶν, Ποσειδών. παρ’ Ἀθην. 152C, Στράβ. 155· ἴδε κοῦρμι.
