δρόμος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *drem- (to run) + -ος (-os); cognate with Sanskrit द्राति (drāti, to run), द्रम् (drámati, to run); Proto-Germanic *tradō (way, track, spoor). Related to δραμεῖν (drameîn), a suppletive aorist of τρέχω (trékhō, to run).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δρόμος (drómosm (genitive δρόμου); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)

  1. race, running
  2. racetrack
  3. course, path
    • 93/94, Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 1, 31, in Henry St. John Thackeray (tr. & ed.), Josephus with an English translation, vol. 4 (Jewish Antiquities, books I–IV), LCL, pages 14-17. Translation by Thackeray.
      τῇ τετάρτῃ δὲ διακοσμεῖ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἡλίῳ καὶ σελήνῃ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἄστροις κινήσεις αὐτοῖς ἐπιστείλας καὶ δρόμους, οἷς ἂν αἱ τῶν ὡρῶν περιφοραὶ σημαίνοιντο.
      têi tetártēi dè diakosmeî tòn ouranòn hēlíōi kaì selḗnēi kaì toîs állois ástrois kinḗseis autoîs episteílas kaì drómous, hoîs àn hai tôn hōrôn periphoraì sēmaínointo.
      On the fourth he adorned the heaven with sun and moon and the other stars, prescribing their motions and courses to indicate the revolutions of the seasons.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek:
  • English: -drome
  • English: dromos
  • French: -drome
  • Italian: dromos
  • Italian: dromo
  • Latin: dromus

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δρόμος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 354-5

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈðɾo.mos/
  • Hyphenation: δρό‧μος

Noun

δρόμος (drómosm (plural δρόμοι)

  1. roadway, road, street, way
  2. journey

Declension

singular plural
nominative δρόμος (drómos) δρόμοι (drómoi)
genitive δρόμου (drómou) δρόμων (drómon)
accusative δρόμο (drómo) δρόμους (drómous)
vocative δρόμε (dróme) δρόμοι (drómoi)

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Albanian: drom
  • Romanian: drum
  • Serbo-Croatian: drum