ῥώμη

See also: Ῥώμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥώομαι (rhṓomai, “to dash, rush”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ɔ̌ː.mɛː/ → /ˈro.mi/ → /ˈro.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ɔ̌ː.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈro.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈro.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈro.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈro.mi/

Noun

ῥώμη • (rhṓmē) f (genitive ῥώμης); first declension

1. might, power, force, strength

   Synonym: βρῑ́μη (brī́mē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῥώμη; τῆς ῥώμης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥώμη hē rhṓmē	τὼ ῥώμᾱ tṑ rhṓmā	αἱ ῥῶμαι hai rhômai
Genitive	τῆς ῥώμης tês rhṓmēs	τοῖν ῥώμαιν toîn rhṓmain	τῶν ῥωμῶν tôn rhōmôn
Dative	τῇ ῥώμῃ têi rhṓmēi	τοῖν ῥώμαιν toîn rhṓmain	ταῖς ῥώμαις taîs rhṓmais
Accusative	τὴν ῥώμην tḕn rhṓmēn	τὼ ῥώμᾱ tṑ rhṓmā	τᾱ̀ς ῥώμᾱς tā̀s rhṓmās
Vocative	ῥώμη rhṓmē	ῥώμᾱ rhṓmā	ῥῶμαι rhômai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ῥώμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥώμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ῥώμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • force idem, page 335.
  • hardiness idem, page 385.
  • might idem, page 528.
  • physique idem, page 611.
  • power idem, page 630.
  • robustness idem, page 719.
  • rome idem, page 721.
  • stamina idem, page 810.
  • stoutness idem, page 821.
  • strength idem, page 824.
  • sturdiness idem, page 830.
  • vigour idem, page 952.
  • vitality idem, page 955.