δρομάς

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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dro.más/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /droˈmas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðroˈmas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðroˈmas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðroˈmas/

Noun

δρομᾰ́ς • (dromás) m or f (genitive δρομᾰ́δος); third declension

dromedary, Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ δρομᾰ́ς; τοῦ, τῆς δρομᾰ́δος (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

Greek: δρομάδα f (dromáda, “dromedary”)

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 (2006–2023)
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.