English Explanatory Dictionary

Minthe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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.

Word forms

Minthe Mente

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μινθη (Minthē, literally “Mint”).

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