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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 οὐδ̓ οὕτωσ. ὤμοσα τῷ οἴκῳ Ἡλί. εἰ ἐξιλασθήσεται ἀδικία οἴκου Ἡλὶ ἐν θυμιάματι καὶ ἐν θυσίαισ ἕωσ αἰῶνοσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 3:14)
  • ποιοῦσι δὲ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ μὴ καθαροῦ μῖγμα ξυλομιγέσ τι καὶ γεωμιγέσ, εὐωδέστερον τοῦ καθαροῦ, τῇ δ’ ἄλλῃ δυνάμει λειπόμενον λανθάνει δὲ τοὺσ πολλούσ, ᾧ πλείστῳ χρῶνται θυμιάματι οἱ δεισιδαίμονεσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 7 5:11)
  • καρούμενοι δ’ ὑπὸ τῶν εὐωδιῶν αἴρουσι τὸν κάρον ἀσφάλτου θυμιάματι καὶ τράγου πώγωνοσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 37:7)

Synonyms

  1. that which is burnt as incense or fumigation

  2. stuff for embalming

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