thymiama

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θυμίαμα (thumíama).

Noun

thȳmiāma n (genitive thȳmiāmatis); third declension

  1. incense, fumigant
    • 392 CE, Jerome, Against Jovinianus II.8:
      Odoris autem suavitas et diversa thymiamata et amomum et cyphi, oenanthe, muscus et peregrini muris pellicula, quod dissolutis et amatoribus conveniat, nemo nisi dissolutus negat.
      That the sweetness of the smell of various kinds of incense and amomum and cyphi, oenanthe, musk, and the skins of the exotic mouse fit the dissolute and loving nobody but a dissolute will negate.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative thȳmiāma thȳmiāmata
Genitive thȳmiāmatis thȳmiāmatum
Dative thȳmiāmatī thȳmiāmatibus
Accusative thȳmiāma thȳmiāmata
Ablative thȳmiāmate thȳmiāmatibus
Vocative thȳmiāma thȳmiāmata

Descendants

  • 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)

See also

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.