δρομάς
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ellipsis of δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “running camel”), from δρομ- (drom-), o-grade of the aorist stem of τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”), + -ᾰς (-as).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dro.más/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /droˈmas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðroˈmas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðroˈmas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðroˈmas/
Noun
δρομᾰ́ς • (dromás) m or f (genitive δρομᾰ́δος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ, ἡ δρομᾰ́ς ho, hē dromás |
τὼ δρομᾰ́δε tṑ dromáde |
οἱ, αἱ δρομᾰ́δες hoi, hai dromádes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς δρομᾰ́δος toû, tês dromádos |
τοῖν δρομᾰ́δοιν toîn dromádoin |
τῶν δρομᾰ́δων tôn dromádōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ, τῇ δρομᾰ́δῐ tôi, têi dromádi |
τοῖν δρομᾰ́δοιν toîn dromádoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς δρομᾰ́σῐ / δρομᾰ́σῐν toîs, taîs dromási(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν, τὴν δρομᾰ́δᾰ tòn, tḕn dromáda |
τὼ δρομᾰ́δε tṑ dromáde |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς δρομᾰ́δᾰς toùs, tā̀s dromádas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δρομᾰ́ς dromás |
δρομᾰ́δε dromáde |
δρομᾰ́δες dromádes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: δρομάδα f (dromáda, “dromedary”)
Further reading
Καμήλα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
References
- “δρομάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δρομάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δρομάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δρομάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.