δρομάς

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

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

1. running, whirling, swift
2. (nominalized, feminine) streetwalker, prostitute

• δρομάδην (dromádēn)
• δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos)

As an ellipsis of δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “dromedary”):

• Greek: δρομάδα f (dromáda, “dromedary”)
• → Latin: dromas

• 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 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • mad idem, page 506.
  • swift idem, page 848.