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- Ancient Greek · derived fromΜινθη
- English todayMinthe
From Ancient Greek Μινθη (Minthē, literally “Mint”).
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Minthe
Today it means: A nymph (associated with Mount Minthe in southern Greece) with whom Hades had an affair before the taking of Persephone and she complained in jealousy that she is more nobler in form than Persephone(his wife) and when Demeter(her mother) heard of it, she trampled the nymph under her foot and turned the her into herb mint. Full definition →
Ancient Greek Μινθη