βρόμος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bró.mos/ → /ˈβro.mos/ → /ˈvro.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bró.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbro.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβro.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvro.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvro.mos/

Etymology 1

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin, based on the alternating ρο/ορ vocalism.

Alternative forms

• βόρμος (bórmos)

Noun

βρόμος • (brómos) m (genitive βρόμου); second declension

1. oat (Avena sativa)
2. wild oat, slender oat (Avena barbata)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βρόμος; τοῦ βρόμου (Attic)

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 tôi 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:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Translingual: Bromus

Etymology 2

Nominal formation from βρέμω (brémō, “to roar, grumble”).

Noun

βρόμος • (brómos) m (genitive βρόμου); second declension

1. loud noise

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βρόμος; τοῦ βρόμου (Attic)

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 tôi 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:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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