θυμιατήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θυμιάω (thumiáō, “to fumigate”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰyː.mi.aː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /θy.mi.aˈti.ri.on/ → /θi.mi.aˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰyː.mi.aː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰy.mi.aˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θy.mi.aˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θy.mi.aˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.mi.aˈti.ri.on/

Noun

θῡμῐᾱτήρῐον • (thūmiātḗrion) n (genitive θῡμῐᾱτηρῐ́ου); second declension

1. censer, thurible
2. vessel for fumigation
3. (astronomy) Ara, a constellation

   Synonym: βωμίσκος (bōmískos)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ θῡμῐᾱτήρῐον; τοῦ θῡμῐᾱτηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θῡμῐᾱτήρῐον tò thūmiātḗrion	τὼ θῡμῐᾱτηρῐ́ω tṑ thūmiātēríō	τᾰ̀ θῡμῐᾱτήρῐᾰ tà thūmiātḗria
Genitive	τοῦ θῡμῐᾱτηρῐ́ου toû thūmiātēríou	τοῖν θῡμῐᾱτηρῐ́οιν toîn thūmiātēríoin	τῶν θῡμῐᾱτηρῐ́ων tôn thūmiātēríōn
Dative	τῷ θῡμῐᾱτηρῐ́ῳ tôi thūmiātēríōi	τοῖν θῡμῐᾱτηρῐ́οιν toîn thūmiātēríoin	τοῖς θῡμῐᾱτηρῐ́οις toîs thūmiātēríois
Accusative	τὸ θῡμῐᾱτήρῐον tò thūmiātḗrion	τὼ θῡμῐᾱτηρῐ́ω tṑ thūmiātēríō	τᾰ̀ θῡμῐᾱτήρῐᾰ tà thūmiātḗria
Vocative	θῡμῐᾱτήρῐον thūmiātḗrion	θῡμῐᾱτηρῐ́ω thūmiātēríō	θῡμῐᾱτήρῐᾰ thūmiātḗria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θυμιατήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θυμιατήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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Greek

Noun

θυμιατήριον • (thymiatírion) n

1. Katharevousa form of θυμιατό (thymiató)