𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌰

Gothic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρώματα (arṓmata), plural of ἄρωμα (árōma, “herb, spice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈroːmata/

Noun

𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌰 • (arōmata) n pl

1. (hapax, attested only in plural) sweet spices
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 16:1:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌴 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰 𐍃𐍉 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌽𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰 𐍃𐍉 𐌹𐌰𐌺𐍉𐌱𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌴 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐍂𐍉𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌰, 𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐍄𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌽𐌰.

     jah inwisandins sabbatē dagis marja sō magdalēnē jah marja sō iakōbis jah salōmē usbauhtēdun arōmata, ei atgaggandeins gasalbōdēdeina ina.

     And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. (KJV)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 13