βρῶμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “I eat”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, object noun suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βρῶμᾰ • (brômă) n (genitive βρώμᾰτος); third declension

  1. a shipworm (Teredo navalis) that bores into wooden piers, ships, etc.
  2. that which is eaten, food, meat
  3. (dentistry) cavity

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ βρῶμᾰ; τοῦ βρώμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βρῶμᾰ
tò brômă 		τὼ βρώμᾰτε
tṑ brṓmăte 		τᾰ̀ βρώμᾰτᾰ
tằ brṓmătă
Genitive τοῦ βρώμᾰτος
toû brṓmătos 		τοῖν βρωμᾰ́τοιν
toîn brōmắtoin 		τῶν βρωμᾰ́των
tôn brōmắtōn
Dative τῷ βρώμᾰτῐ
tōî brṓmătĭ 		τοῖν βρωμᾰ́τοιν
toîn brōmắtoin 		τοῖς βρώμᾰσῐ / βρώμᾰσῐν
toîs brṓmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ βρῶμᾰ
tò brômă 		τὼ βρώμᾰτε
tṑ brṓmăte 		τᾰ̀ βρώμᾰτᾰ
tằ brṓmătă
Vocative βρῶμᾰ
brômă 		βρώμᾰτε
brṓmăte 		βρώμᾰτᾰ
brṓmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Italian: bruma
  • → Sicilian: bromu
  • → Spanish: broma

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βιβρώσκω (> DER > βρῶμα)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 213-4

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