βρόμη
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Greek
Alternative forms
- βρώμη (vrómi)
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek βρόμος (brómos, “oats”).
The traditional derivation from Byzantine Greek βρόμη (brómē), from Ancient Greek βρόμος (brómos, “loud noise”), from βρέμω (brémō, “to crash, to bang”) (with sense development explained as being from the movement and sound of grain in the wind), appears to be folk etymology.
Pronunciation
Noun
βρόμη • (vrómi) f (uncountable)
- oat, oats (widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | βρόμη (vrómi) |
| genitive | βρόμης (vrómis) |
| accusative | βρόμη (vrómi) |
| vocative | βρόμη (vrómi) |
Related terms
- κουάκερ n (kouáker, “porridge”)
- (folk etymologically): βρομάω (vromáo, “to smell, to stink”)
- (folk etymologically): βρομιά f (vromiá, “dirt”)
- (folk etymologically): βρομιάρης (vromiáris, “dirty, filthy”)
- (folk etymologically): βρομίζω (vromízo, “to make dirty”)
- (folk etymologically): βρόμικος (vrómikos, “dirty, filthy”)
- (folk etymologically): βρόμιο n (vrómio, “bromine”)
Further reading
βρόμη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
