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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

  • καὶ ἥξουσιν ἐκ τῶν πόλεων Ἰούδα καὶ κυκλόθεν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐκ γῆσ Βενιαμὶν καὶ ἐκ γῆσ πεδινῆσ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ὄρουσ καὶ ἐκ τῆσ πρὸσ νότον φέροντεσ ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ θυσίασ καὶ θυμιάματα καὶ μαναὰ καὶ λίβανον, φέροντεσ αἴνεσιν εἰσ οἶκον Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 17:22)
  • τὴν γεῦσιν ἀλλὰ διαβάλλει καὶ κατηγορεῖ τὴν φαυλότητα πρὶν ἢ βλαβῆναι τἄλλα δ’ οὐκ ἐνοχλεῖ, καθάπερ ὑμῖν, τὰ θυμιάματα καὶ κινάμωμα καὶ νάρδουσ καὶ φύλλα καὶ καλάμουσ Ἀραβικοὺσ, μετὰ δεινῆσ τινοσ καὶ δευσοποιοῦ φαρμακίδοσ τέχνησ, μυρεψικῆσ ὄνομα, συνάγειν εἰσ ταὐτὸ καὶ συμφαγεῖν ἀναγκάζουσα, χρημάτων πολλῶν ἡδυπάθειαν ἄνανδρον καὶ κορασιώδη καὶ πρὸσ οὐδὲν οὐδαμῶσ χρήσιμον ὠνουμένουσ. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 7 4:1)
  • ἐθυμιᾶτο δὲ αὐτῷ σμύρνα καὶ τὰ ἄλλα θυμιάματα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 53 4:1)
  • "ἥ γε τὴν πολλὴν δαπάνην ἐν τοῖσ δείπνοισ παρέχουσα δευτέρα τράπεζα προσεγένετο, καὶ στέφανοι καὶ μύρα καὶ θυμιάματα καὶ τὰ τούτοισ ἀκόλουθα πάντα" ἐδίδοτο δὲ καὶ ᾠὸν ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ τραπέζῃ, ὥσπερ καὶ λαγῷα καὶ κίχλαι κοινῇ μετὰ τῶν μελιπήκτων προσεφέρετο, ὡσι Ἀντιφάνησ ἐν Λεπτινίσκῳ φησὶν οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 48 3:1)
  • εἰσ δὲ ταῦτα καὶ πόλεισ αὐτῷ καὶ δυνάσται πολλὰ κατὰ τιμὴν τοῦ τεθνεῶτοσ ἔπεμπον, ὧν ἐκεῖνοσ χρήματα μὲν παρ’ οὐδενὸσ ἐδέξατο, θυμιάματα δὲ καὶ κόσμον ἐλάμβανε, τὴν τιμὴν ἀποδιδοὺσ τοῖσ πέμπουσι. (Plutarch, Cato the Younger, chapter 11 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. that which is burnt as incense or fumigation

  2. stuff for embalming

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