δρομάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *drom- +‎ -άς (-ás).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dro.más/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /droˈmas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðroˈmas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðroˈmas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðroˈmas/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowel ά by adding a macron after it if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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Adjective

δρομᾰ́ς • (dromắs) m or f (neuter δρομᾰ́); third declension

running, whirling, swift
(nominalized, feminine) streetwalker, prostitute

Declension

Third declension of δρομᾰ́ς; δρομᾰ́ (Attic)

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

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)

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.
- mad idem, page 506.
- swift idem, page 848.