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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
- IPA(key): /dro.más/ → /ðroˈmas/ → /ðroˈmas/
Noun
δρομᾰ́ς • (dromás) m or f (genitive δρομᾰ́δος); third declension
- dromedary, Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius)
Declension
ὁ, ἡ δρομᾰ́ς ho, hē dromás
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τὼ δρομᾰ́δε tṑ dromáde
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οἱ, αἱ δρομᾰ́δες hoi, hai dromádes
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τοῦ, τῆς δρομᾰ́δος toû, tês dromádos
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τοῖν δρομᾰ́δοιν toîn dromádoin
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τῶν δρομᾰ́δων tôn dromádōn
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τῷ, τῇ δρομᾰ́δῐ tôi, têi dromádi
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τοῖν δρομᾰ́δοιν toîn dromádoin
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τοῖς, ταῖς δρομᾰ́σῐ / δρομᾰ́σῐν toîs, taîs dromási(n)
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τὸν, τὴν δρομᾰ́δᾰ tòn, tḕn dromáda
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τὼ δρομᾰ́δε tṑ dromáde
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τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς δρομᾰ́δᾰς toùs, tā̀s dromádas
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δρομᾰ́ς dromás
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δρομᾰ́δε dromáde
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δρομᾰ́δες dromádes
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Descendants
- Greek: δρομάδα f (dromáda, “dromedary”)
Further reading
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.
- mad idem, page 506.
- swift idem, page 848.