βλωμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation resembles the synonymous word ψωμός (psōmós). However, the etymology remains unknown. According to Georgescu, it is synonymous with Latin panis quadratus (“square bread”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blɔː.mós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bloˈmos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βloˈmos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vloˈmos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vloˈmos/

Noun

βλωμός • (blōmós) m (genitive βλωμοῦ); second declension

morsel of bread
Synonyms: ἄκολος (ákolos), ἀττᾰ́ρᾰγος (attắrăgos), ψῑ́ξ (psī́x), ψωμός (psōmós)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βλωμός; τοῦ βλωμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βλωμός ho blōmós	τὼ βλωμώ tṑ blōmṓ	οἱ βλωμοί hoi blōmoí
Genitive	τοῦ βλωμοῦ toû blōmoû	τοῖν βλωμοῖν toîn blōmoîn	τῶν βλωμῶν tôn blōmôn
Dative	τῷ βλωμῷ tōî blōmōî	τοῖν βλωμοῖν toîn blōmoîn	τοῖς βλωμοῖς toîs blōmoîs
Accusative	τὸν βλωμόν tòn blōmón	τὼ βλωμώ tṑ blōmṓ	τοὺς βλωμούς toùs blōmoús
Vocative	βλωμέ blōmé	βλωμώ blōmṓ	βλωμοί blōmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

βλωμῐ́δῐον (blōmĭ́dĭon)

References

^ Georgescu, Theodor (2024) “Le micro-champ lexical des noms de pains en latin – une approche étymologique”, in Recent Trends and Findings in Latin Linguistics, volumes 1: Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, →DOI, pages 397–416

“βλωμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
βλωμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
βλωμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βλωμός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 223

[1] Georgescu, Theodor (2024) “Le micro-champ lexical des noms de pains en latin – une approche étymologique”, in Recent Trends and Findings in Latin Linguistics, volumes 1: Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, →DOI, pages 397–416

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