Ρωμιός
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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