δρομάς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *drom- + -άς (-ás).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dro.más/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /droˈmas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðroˈmas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðroˈmas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðroˈmas/
Adjective
δρομᾰ́ς • (dromắs) m or f (neuter δρομᾰ́); third declension
- running, whirling, swift
- (nominalized, feminine) streetwalker, prostitute
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | δρομᾰ́ς dromắs |
δρομᾰ́ dromắ |
δρομᾰ́δε dromắde |
δρομᾰ́δε dromắde |
δρομᾰ́δες dromắdes |
δρομᾰ́δᾰ dromắdă | ||||||||
| Genitive | δρομᾰ́δος dromắdos |
δρομᾰ́δος dromắdos |
δρομᾰ́δοιν dromắdoin |
δρομᾰ́δοιν dromắdoin |
δρομᾰ́δων dromắdōn |
δρομᾰ́δων dromắdōn | ||||||||
| Dative | δρομᾰ́δῐ dromắdĭ |
δρομᾰ́δῐ dromắdĭ |
δρομᾰ́δοιν dromắdoin |
δρομᾰ́δοιν dromắdoin |
δρομᾰ́σῐ / δρομᾰ́σῐν dromắsĭ(n) |
δρομᾰ́σῐ / δρομᾰ́σῐν dromắsĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | δρομᾰ́δᾰ dromắdă |
δρομᾰ́ dromắ |
δρομᾰ́δε dromắde |
δρομᾰ́δε dromắde |
δρομᾰ́δᾰς dromắdăs |
δρομᾰ́δᾰ dromắdă | ||||||||
| Vocative | δρομᾰ́ς dromắs |
δρομᾰ́ dromắ |
δρομᾰ́δε dromắde |
δρομᾰ́δε dromắde |
δρομᾰ́δες dromắdes |
δρομᾰ́δᾰ dromắdă | ||||||||
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Derived terms
- δρομάδην (dromádēn)
- δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos)
Descendants
As an ellipsis of δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “dromedary”):
- Greek: δρομάδα f (dromáda, “dromedary”)
- Latin: → dromas, ⇒ dromedārius (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- δρομάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δρομάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- δρομάς, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “δρομάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “δρομάς”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 396
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.