βρῶμα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, I eat) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, object noun suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βρῶμᾰ (brôman (genitive βρώμᾰτος); third declension

  1. a shipworm (Teredo navalis) that bores into wooden piers, ships, etc.
  2. that which is eaten, food, meat
  3. (dentistry) cavity

Inflection

Descendants

  • Italian: bruma
  • Sicilian: bromu
  • Spanish: broma

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βιβρώσκω (> DER > βρῶμα)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 213-4

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