θυμίαμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

θῡμῐ́ημᾰ (thūmíēma) — Ionic

Etymology

From θῡμῐᾰ́ω (thūmiáō, “to burn”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰyː.mí.aː.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰyˈmi.a.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θyˈmi.a.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θyˈmi.a.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θiˈmi.a.ma/

Noun

θῡμῐ́ᾱμᾰ • (thūmíāma) f (genitive θῡμῐᾱ́μᾰτος); third declension

that which is burnt as incense or fumigation
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.198
- Amphis Odysseus.1.5
1. (mostly in plural) fragrant stuffs for burning, incense
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.130
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.54
  - 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 4
  - 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 1716
2. stuff for embalming
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.86
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.71

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ θῡμῐ́ᾱμᾰ; τοῦ θῡμῐᾱ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θῡμῐ́ᾱμᾰ tò thūmíāma	τὼ θῡμῐᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ thūmiā́mate	τᾰ̀ θῡμῐᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tà thūmiā́mata
Genitive	τοῦ θῡμῐᾱ́μᾰτος toû thūmiā́matos	τοῖν θῡμῐᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn thūmiāmátoin	τῶν θῡμῐᾱμᾰ́των tôn thūmiāmátōn
Dative	τῷ θῡμῐᾱ́μᾰτῐ tôi thūmiā́mati	τοῖν θῡμῐᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn thūmiāmátoin	τοῖς θῡμῐᾱ́μᾰσῐ / θῡμῐᾱ́μᾰσῐν toîs thūmiā́masi(n)
Accusative	τὸ θῡμῐ́ᾱμᾰ tò thūmíāma	τὼ θῡμῐᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ thūmiā́mate	τᾰ̀ θῡμῐᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tà thūmiā́mata
Vocative	θῡμῐ́ᾱμᾰ thūmíāma	θῡμῐᾱ́μᾰτε thūmiā́mate	θῡμῐᾱ́μᾰτᾰ thūmiā́mata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: θυμίαμα (thymíama)
- → Aromanian: timnjamã
→ Gothic: 𐌸𐍅𐌼𐌹𐌰𐌼𐌰 (þwmiama)
→ Latin: thȳmiāma
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *thȳmānea
  - Catalan: tomaní
  - Old French: timoine
  - Romanian: tămâie
  - Sardinian: timagna, timanza, timonza
- → Middle High German: thymiāme, thimiān
  - German: Thymian (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

“θυμίαμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“θυμίαμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
θυμίαμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
G2368 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Alternative forms

θυμιάμα n (thymiáma)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θυμίαμα (thumíama).

Noun

θυμίαμα • (thymíama) n (plural θυμιάματα)

Declension

declension of θυμίαμα

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	θυμίαμα •	θυμιάματα •
genitive	θυμιάματος •	θυμιαμάτων •
accusative	θυμίαμα •	θυμιάματα •
vocative	θυμίαμα •	θυμιάματα •

Related terms

θυμιατό n (thymiató, “incense burner, censer, thurible”)
θυμιατίζω (thymiatízo, “to incense, to burn incense”)

Descendants

→ Aromanian: timnjamã

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