Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θυμίημα ‎(thumíēma) (Ionic)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /θymiama/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θymiama/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θimiama/

Noun

θῡμίᾱμα • ‎(thūmíāma) f ‎(genitive θυμιάματος); third declension

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

Inflection

Descendants

• Gothic: 𐌸𐍅𐌼𐌹𐌰𐌼𐌰 ‎(þwmiama)
• Greek: θυμίαμα ‎(thymíama)
• Latin: thȳmiāma

References

• 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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Greek

Alternative forms

• θυμιάμα n ‎(thymiáma)

Noun

θυμίαμα • ‎(thymíama) n ‎(plural θυμιάματα)

1. incense resin
2. incense fumes

Declension

Related terms

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