πρόμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *prómos (whence also Middle Irish rom (“early, too soon”) and Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 (fram, “forward”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pró (“toward, leading to”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pró.mos/ → /ˈpro.mos/ → /ˈpro.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pró.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.mos/

Noun

πρόμος • (prómos) m (genitive πρόμου); second declension

1. foremost man

   Synonym: πρόμαχος (prómakhos)

2. chief

Declension

Second declension of ὁ πρόμος; τοῦ πρόμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πρόμος ho prómos	τὼ πρόμω tṑ prómō	οἱ πρόμοι hoi prómoi
Genitive	τοῦ πρόμου toû prómou	τοῖν πρόμοιν toîn prómoin	τῶν πρόμων tôn prómōn
Dative	τῷ πρόμῳ tôi prómōi	τοῖν πρόμοιν toîn prómoin	τοῖς πρόμοις toîs prómois
Accusative	τὸν πρόμον tòn prómon	τὼ πρόμω tṑ prómō	τοὺς πρόμους toùs prómous
Vocative	πρόμε próme	πρόμω prómō	πρόμοι prómoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πρόμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πρόμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πρόμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πρόμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • chief idem, page 129.
  • lord idem, page 500.
  • prince idem, page 641.