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 • (dromás) 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 dromás	δρομᾰ́ dromá		δρομᾰ́δε dromáde	δρομᾰ́δε dromáde		δρομᾰ́δες dromádes	δρομᾰ́δᾰ dromáda
Genitive		δρομᾰ́δος dromádos	δρομᾰ́δος dromádos		δρομᾰ́δοιν dromádoin	δρομᾰ́δοιν dromádoin		δρομᾰ́δων dromádōn	δρομᾰ́δων dromádōn
Dative		δρομᾰ́δῐ dromádi	δρομᾰ́δῐ dromádi		δρομᾰ́δοιν dromádoin	δρομᾰ́δοιν dromádoin		δρομᾰ́σῐ / δρομᾰ́σῐν dromási(n)	δρομᾰ́σῐ / δρομᾰ́σῐν dromási(n)
Accusative		δρομᾰ́δᾰ dromáda	δρομᾰ́ dromá		δρομᾰ́δε dromáde	δρομᾰ́δε dromáde		δρομᾰ́δᾰς dromádas	δρομᾰ́δᾰ dromáda
Vocative		δρομᾰ́ς dromás	δρομᾰ́ dromá		δρομᾰ́δε dromáde	δρομᾰ́δε dromáde		δρομᾰ́δες dromádes	δρομᾰ́δᾰ dromáda
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 (2006–2024)
• “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.