θύμβρα

See also: Θύμβρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θρύμβη (thrúmbē), θυμβραία (thumbraía), θύμβρον (thúmbron)

Etymology

Hardly derived from θύμον (thúmon, “thyme”), in which case the "-β-" could be epenthetic between "μ" and "ρ". Persson proposed a derivation from τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”) in "-ρ-", with nasalization and deaspiration; this is most improbable, unless the word is Pre-Greek. Niedermann recalls Anatolian Θύμβριον (Thúmbrion) and on the other hand Τυμφρηστός (Tumphrēstós). Probably a Pre-Greek word, in view of the metathesized form.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰým.braː/ → /ˈθym.bra/ → /ˈθim.bra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰým.braː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰym.bra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθym.bra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθym.bra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθim.bra/

Noun

θύμβρᾱ • (thúmbrā) f (genitive θύμβρᾱς); first declension

1. savory of Crete (Satureja thymbra)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θύμβρᾱ; τῆς θύμβρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θύμβρᾱ hē thúmbrā	τὼ θύμβρᾱ tṑ thúmbrā	αἱ θύμβραι hai thúmbrai
Genitive	τῆς θύμβρᾱς tês thúmbrās	τοῖν θύμβραιν toîn thúmbrain	τῶν θυμβρῶν tôn thumbrôn
Dative	τῇ θύμβρᾳ têi thúmbrāi	τοῖν θύμβραιν toîn thúmbrain	ταῖς θύμβραις taîs thúmbrais
Accusative	τὴν θύμβρᾱν tḕn thúmbrān	τὼ θύμβρᾱ tṑ thúmbrā	τᾱ̀ς θύμβρᾱς tā̀s thúmbrās
Vocative	θύμβρᾱ thúmbrā	θύμβρᾱ thúmbrā	θύμβραι thúmbrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θυμβρεπίδειπνος (thumbrepídeipnos)
• θυμβρίτης (thumbrítēs)
• θυμβροφάγος (thumbrophágos)
• θυμβρώδης (thumbrṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: thymbra
• → Albanian: trumzë

Further reading

• “θύμβρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θύμβρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN