Ρωμιός
Greek
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editProper noun
editΡωμιός • (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, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- Ρωμιός - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre