δρομάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dro.más/ → /ðroˈmas/ → /ðroˈmas/

• (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/

Adjective

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

1. running, whirling, swift
2. (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

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