βρόμος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bró.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbro.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβro.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvro.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvro.mos/
Etymology 1
According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin, based on the alternating ρο/ορ vocalism.[1]
Alternative forms
- βόρμος (bórmos)
Noun
βρόμος • (brómos) m (genitive βρόμου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βρόμος ho brómos |
τὼ βρόμω tṑ brómō |
οἱ βρόμοι hoi brómoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βρόμου toû brómou |
τοῖν βρόμοιν toîn brómoin |
τῶν βρόμων tôn brómōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βρόμῳ tōî brómōi |
τοῖν βρόμοιν toîn brómoin |
τοῖς βρόμοις toîs brómois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βρόμον tòn brómon |
τὼ βρόμω tṑ brómō |
τοὺς βρόμους toùs brómous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βρόμε bróme |
βρόμω brómō |
βρόμοι brómoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Descendants
- Translingual: Bromus
Etymology 2
Nominal formation from βρέμω (brémō, “to roar, grumble”).[2]
Noun
βρόμος • (brómos) m (genitive βρόμου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βρόμος ho brómos |
τὼ βρόμω tṑ brómō |
οἱ βρόμοι hoi brómoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βρόμου toû brómou |
τοῖν βρόμοιν toîn brómoin |
τῶν βρόμων tôn brómōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βρόμῳ tōî brómōi |
τοῖν βρόμοιν toîn brómoin |
τοῖς βρόμοις toîs brómois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βρόμον tòn brómon |
τὼ βρόμω tṑ brómō |
τοὺς βρόμους toùs brómous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βρόμε bróme |
βρόμω brómō |
βρόμοι brómoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βρόμος 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 241-2
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βρέμω (> DER βρόμος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237
Further reading
- “βρόμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βρόμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βρόμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- βρόμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- βρόμος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “βρόμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βρόμος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter