Ρωμιός
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Byzantine Greek Ρωμαῖος (Rōmaîos, “citizen of the Eastern Roman Empire”) -Ῥωμανία (Rhōmanía)- with synizesis at the suffix to avoid hiatus, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”). Compare to the term Βυζαντινός (Vyzantinós, “Byzantine”) of Late Latin origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Ρωμιός • (Romiós) m (plural Ρωμιός, feminine Ρωμιά)
- (historical) Byzantine man (a citizen of the Eastern Roman Empire)
- (familiar) a Greek man (and a Greek subject in the Ottoman Empire)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ρωμιός (Romiós) | Ρωμιοί (Romioí) |
| genitive | Ρωμιού (Romioú) | Ρωμιών (Romión) |
| accusative | Ρωμιό (Romió) | Ρωμιούς (Romioús) |
| vocative | Ρωμιέ (Romié) | Ρωμιοί (Romioí) |
Related terms
[edit]- and see: Ρώμη f (Rómi, “Rome”)
Further reading
[edit]- Ρωμιός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- Ρωμιός - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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