ἄρωμα
See also: άρωμα
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.rɔː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.ro.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ro.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ro.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.ro.ma/
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Possibly from αἴρω (aírō, “I take up, raise, exalt”), according to Strong, in the sense of sending off a scent.
Noun
ἄρωμα • (árōma) n (genitive ἀρώματος); third declension
- herb, spice
- Anything fragrant: oil, perfume
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ἄρωμᾰ; τοῦ ἀρώμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἄρωμᾰ tò árōma | τὼ ἀρώμᾰτε tṑ arṓmate | τᾰ̀ ἀρώμᾰτᾰ tà arṓmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀρώμᾰτος toû arṓmatos | τοῖν ἀρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn arōmátoin | τῶν ἀρωμᾰ́των tôn arōmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀρώμᾰτῐ tôi arṓmati | τοῖν ἀρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn arōmátoin | τοῖς ἀρώμᾰσῐ / ἀρώμᾰσῐν toîs arṓmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἄρωμᾰ tò árōma | τὼ ἀρώμᾰτε tṑ arṓmate | τᾰ̀ ἀρώμᾰτᾰ tà arṓmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄρωμᾰ árōma | ἀρώμᾰτε arṓmate | ἀρώμᾰτᾰ arṓmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Descendants
- → Bulgarian: арома́т (aromát)
- → Georgian: არომატი (aromaṭi)
- → Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌰 (arōmata)
- Greek: άρωμα (ároma)
- → Latin: arōma (see there for further descendants)
- → Polish: aromat
- Russian: арома́т (aromát)
- → Serbo-Croatian: aróma
- Yiddish: אַראָמאַט (aromat)
Etymology 2
From ἀρόω (aróō, “I till”) + -μᾰ (-ma).
Noun
ἄρωμα • (árōma) n (genitive ἀρώματος); third declension
- arable land
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ἄρωμᾰ; τοῦ ἀρώμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἄρωμᾰ tò árōma | τὼ ἀρώμᾰτε tṑ arṓmate | τᾰ̀ ἀρώμᾰτᾰ tà arṓmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀρώμᾰτος toû arṓmatos | τοῖν ἀρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn arōmátoin | τῶν ἀρωμᾰ́των tôn arōmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀρώμᾰτῐ tôi arṓmati | τοῖν ἀρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn arōmátoin | τοῖς ἀρώμᾰσῐ / ἀρώμᾰσῐν toîs arṓmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἄρωμᾰ tò árōma | τὼ ἀρώμᾰτε tṑ arṓmate | τᾰ̀ ἀρώμᾰτᾰ tà arṓmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄρωμᾰ árōma | ἀρώμᾰτε arṓmate | ἀρώμᾰτᾰ arṓmata | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἄρωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄρωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄρωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἄρωμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- G759 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- spice idem, page 801.