Latin

Noun

mēdus m ‎(genitive mēdī); second declension

1. A kind of mead

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “medus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• MEDUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Medus

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *medu-, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Cognates include Lithuanian medùs, Old Prussian meddo, Old Church Slavonic мєдъ ‎(medŭ), Russian мёд ‎(mjod), Belarusian мед ‎(med), Ukrainian мід ‎(mid), мед ‎(mid, med), Bulgarian мед ‎(med), Czech med, Polish miód, Old Irish mid ‎(“mead”), Old High German metu, German Met, English mead, Sanskrit मधु ‎(mádhu, “sweet drink, honey”), Scythian madu, Tocharian B mīt.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mædus]

Noun

medus m (3rd declension)

1. honey

   medus kāre‎ ― honeycomb

   medus maize‎ ― honey bread

   medus cepumi‎ ― honey biscuits

   ziedu medus‎ ― blossom honey

   mākslīgais medus‎ ― artificial honey

   salds kā medus‎ ― as sweet as honey

Declension

Derived terms

• medus mēnesis

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “medus”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *medu-, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Cognates include Latvian medus, Old Prussian meddo, Old Church Slavonic мєдъ ‎(medŭ), Russian мёд ‎(mjod), Belarusian мед ‎(med), Ukrainian мід ‎(mid), мед ‎(mid, med), Bulgarian мед ‎(med), Czech med, Polish miód, Old Irish mid ‎(“mead”), Old High German metu, German Met, English mead, Sanskrit मधु ‎(mádhu, “sweet drink, honey”), Scythian madu, Tocharian B mīt.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲɛ.'dʊs]

Noun

medus m

1. honey

Declension

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “medus”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7