LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

thȳmiāma

thȳmiāma n (genitive thȳmiāmatis)
Classical[tʰyː.miˈaː.ma]Ecclesiastical[ti.miˈaː.ma]

Meaning

  1. incense; fumigant
    Odoris autem suavitas et diversa thymiamata et amomum et cyphi, oenanthe, muscus et peregrini muris pellicula, quod dissolutis et amatoribus conveniat, nemo nisi dissolutus negat.That the sweetness of the smell of various kinds of incense and amomum and cyphi, oenanthe, musk, and the skins of the exotic mouse fit the dissolute and loving nobody but a dissolute will negate.392 CE, Hieronymus, Adversus Jovinianum II.8

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativethȳmiāmathȳmiāmata
genitivethȳmiāmatisthȳmiāmatum
dativethȳmiāmatīthȳmiāmatibus
accusativethȳmiāmathȳmiāmata
ablativethȳmiāmatethȳmiāmatibus
vocativethȳmiāmathȳmiāmata

thȳmĭāma, ătis, n., = θυμίαμα,
I. a composition for fumigating, incense, Cels. 5, 18, 7 sq.; 6, 6, 25; Vulg. Exod. 25, 6.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θῡμῐ́ᾱμᾰ (thūmĭ́āmă).

Descendants
  • Catalantomanífrom Vulgar Latin *thȳmānea
  • Romaniantămâiefrom Vulgar Latin *thȳmānea
  • Sardiniantimagnafrom Vulgar Latin *thȳmānea
  • Sardiniantimanzafrom Vulgar Latin *thȳmānea
  • Sardiniantimonzafrom Vulgar Latin *thȳmānea
  • GermanThymianfrom Middle High German thymiāme
  • Megleno-Romaniantămǫnăfrom Vulgar Latin *thȳmānea
  • Old Frenchtimoinefrom Vulgar Latin *thȳmānea

Quick answers

What does thȳmiāma mean in Latin?
thȳmiāma, a noun, means “incense; fumigant”.
What is the genitive of thȳmiāma?
The genitive singular is thȳmiāmatis. thȳmiāma is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce thȳmiāma?
In classical Latin, [tʰyː.miˈaː.ma]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ti.miˈaː.ma].