ἄρωμα

See also: άρωμα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.rɔː.ma/ → /ˈa.ro.ma/ → /ˈa.ro.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.rɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ro.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ro.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ro.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ro.ma/

Etymology 1

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

1. herb, spice
2. Anything fragrant: oil, perfume

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἄρωμᾰ; τοῦ ἀρώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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

1. arable land

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἄρωμᾰ; τοῦ ἀρώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (2006–2024)
• 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • spice idem, page 801.