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

From a root *ἄρ- (*ár-) of uncertain origin + a suffix -ωμα (-ōma). The root is 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 árōmă	τὼ ἀρώμᾰτε tṑ arṓmăte	τᾰ̀ ἀρώμᾰτᾰ tằ arṓmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρώμᾰτος toû arṓmătos	τοῖν ἀρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn arōmắtoin	τῶν ἀρωμᾰ́των tôn arōmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρώμᾰτῐ tôi arṓmătĭ	τοῖν ἀρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn arōmắtoin	τοῖς ἀρώμᾰσῐ / ἀρώμᾰσῐν toîs arṓmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἄρωμᾰ tò árōmă	τὼ ἀρώμᾰτε tṑ arṓmăte	τᾰ̀ ἀρώμᾰτᾰ tằ arṓmătă
Vocative	ἄρωμᾰ árōmă	ἀρώμᾰτε arṓmăte	ἀρώμᾰτᾰ arṓmătă
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 (-mă).

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 árōmă	τὼ ἀρώμᾰτε tṑ arṓmăte	τᾰ̀ ἀρώμᾰτᾰ tằ arṓmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρώμᾰτος toû arṓmătos	τοῖν ἀρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn arōmắtoin	τῶν ἀρωμᾰ́των tôn arōmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρώμᾰτῐ tôi arṓmătĭ	τοῖν ἀρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn arōmắtoin	τοῖς ἀρώμᾰσῐ / ἀρώμᾰσῐν toîs arṓmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἄρωμᾰ tò árōmă	τὼ ἀρώμᾰτε tṑ arṓmăte	τᾰ̀ ἀρώμᾰτᾰ tằ arṓmătă
Vocative	ἄρωμᾰ árōmă	ἀρώμᾰτε arṓmăte	ἀρώμᾰτᾰ arṓmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “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 (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • spice idem, page 801.
• “ἄρωμα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011