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Greek
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ɾoˈmɲos/
- Hyphenation: Ρω‧μιός
Noun
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)
- Synonyms: (standard) Έλληνας (Éllinas), (familiar, historical) Γραικός (Graikós)
Declension
- ρωμαϊκός (romaïkós, “Roman”, adjective)
- ρωμαίικος (romaíikos, “of the Romios”, adjective)
- Ρωμαίος m (Romaíos, “Roman”)
- ρωμιοσύνη f (romiosýni, “all the Romii, the Greeks”)
- and see: Ρώμη f (Rómi, “Rome”)
Further reading
- Ρωμιός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 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