Ρωμιός
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Byzantine Greek Ρωμαῖος (Rōmaîos, “citizen of the Eastern Roman Empire”) -Ῥωμανία (Rhōmanía)- with synizesis at the suffix to avoid hiatus, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”). Compare to the term Βυζαντινός (Vyzantinós, “Byzantine”) of Late Latin origin.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ρωμιός • (Romiós) m (feminine Ρωμιά)
- (historical) Byzantine man (a citizen of the Eastern Roman Empire)
- (familiar) a Greek man (and a Greek subject in the Ottoman Empire)
Related terms edit
- and see: Ρώμη f (Rómi, “Rome”)
Further reading edit
- Ρωμιός - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- Ρωμιός - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre