Ρωμιός

Greek

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ɾoˈmɲos/
• Hyphenation: Ρω‧μιός

Proper noun

Ρωμιός • (Romiós) m (feminine Ρωμιά)

1. (historical) Byzantine man (a citizen of the Eastern Roman Empire)
2. (familiar) a Greek man (and a Greek subject in the Ottoman Empire)

   Synonyms: (standard) Έλληνας (Éllinas), (familiar, historical) Γραικός (Graikós)

Related terms

• ρωμαϊκός (romaïkós, “Roman”, adjective)
• ρωμαίικος (romaíikos, “of the Romios”, adjective)
• Ρωμαίος m (Romaíos, “Roman”)
• ρωμιοσύνη f (romiosýni, “all the Romii, the Greeks”)

• and see: Ρώμη f (Rómi, “Rome”)

Further reading

• 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 (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre