ζῦθος, ου, ὁ
(also -εος, τό, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus (see. below), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus (see. below))] Refs 4th c.BC+], an Egyptian kind of beer, brewed with barley, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.11.2, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.87, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.14, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.34, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare ζῦτος.
__2 beer of northern nations, [[ 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 15J., 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.3.7, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.26 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]. (The word was used in Egypt accusative to [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus [same place], etc.: written ζυτο- (which see) in the older Papyrus: frequently accented ζύθος] Refs 4th c.BC+] in codices, but ζῦθος [[ 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc., ζῡ-] Refs 9th c.AD+] in verse, poetical cited in [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 32.82, Colum. 10.116.) ] Refs 1st c.AD+]