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θῡμίᾱμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: θῡμίᾱμα θυμιάματος

Structure: θυμιαματ (Stem)

Sense

  1. that which is burnt as incense or fumigation
  2. (mostly in plural) fragrant stuffs for burning
  3. stuff for embalming

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐπὶ δ’ αὐτῷ θυμιατηρίων πλῆθοσ, καὶ ὁ στρατηγὸσ ἐπὶ τοῖσ θυμιάμασιν, ἐφ’ ἁρ́ματοσ καταγεγραμμένου ποικίλωσ, ἔστεπται μὲν ἀπὸ χρυσοῦ καὶ λίθων πολυτίμων, ἔσταλται δ’ ἐσ τὸν πάτριον τρόπον πορφύραν, ἀστέρων χρυσῶν ἐνυφασμένων, καὶ σκῆπτρον ἐξ ἐλέφαντοσ φέρει, καὶ δάφνην, ἣν ἀεὶ Ῥωμαῖοι νομίζουσι νίκησ σύμβολον. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 9 12:8)
  • καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸ τὸ τῆσ γῆσ ἔχει τι φυσικὸν ἔνατμον καὶ θυμιάμασιν ἡδέσιν ἐοικόσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 49 4:3)
  • τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων λεγόμενον θυμιάμασιν ἀλλοτρίοισ τὸ θεῖον σέβεσθαι. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 30 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. that which is burnt as incense or fumigation

  2. stuff for embalming

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