ἄρωμα

See also: άρωμα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(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).^[1] The root is possibly from αἴρω (aírō, “I take up, raise, exalt”), according to Strong, in the sense of sending off a scent.^[2]

Noun

ἄρωμα • (árōma) n (genitive ἀρώματος); third declension

herb, spice
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 tōî 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

→ 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

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 tōî 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.

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄρωμα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 146
^ G759 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

“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

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄρωμα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 146

[2] G759 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

[1]

[2]

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

Inflection

References

Further reading