μυρωδία

See also: μυρωδιά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μερωδία (merōdía), μυρωδιά (murōdiá)

Etymology

From the Hellenistic adjective μυρώδης (murṓdēs) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Noun

μυρωδία • (murōdía) f (Byzantine)

1. fragrance
2. unguent
3. smell (of food)
4. spice
5. sweet smell, things that smell nicely (like flowers)

   Synonym: εὐωδία (euōdía)

6. (figuratively) something very beautiful (of a woman)

Descendants

• > Greek: μυρωδιά (myrodiá) (inherited) from the form μυρωδιά (murōdiá)
• > Italiot Greek: mirodìa (inherited)
• > Pontic Greek: μυρωδία (myrodía) (inherited)
• → Bulgarian: мерудия (merudija), меродия (merodija)
• → Laz: მერგჲა (mergya), მეროჯა (meroca); მეროგჲა (merogya)
• → Macedonian: мирудија (mirudija), миродија (mirodija)
• → Romanian: mirodie
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: миро̀ђија, миро̀дија

  Latin script: miròđija, miròdija

References

• μυρωδία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• μυρωδία - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)
• Lampe, G. W. H. (1961) “μυρωδία”, in A Patristic Greek Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 890a