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)

(historical) Byzantine man (a citizen of the Eastern Roman Empire)
(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 - 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 [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

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