βλωμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation resembles the synonymous word ψωμός (psōmós). However, the etymology remains unknown. According to Georgescu, it is synonymous with Latin panis quadratus (“square bread”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blɔː.mós/ → /βloˈmos/ → /vloˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blɔː.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bloˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βloˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vloˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vloˈmos/

Noun

βλωμός • (blōmós) m (genitive βλωμοῦ); second declension

1. morsel of bread

   Synonyms: ἄκολος (ákolos), ἀττᾰ́ρᾰγος (attắrăgos), ψῑ́ξ (psī́x), ψωμός (psōmós)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βλωμός; τοῦ βλωμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βλωμός ho blōmós	τὼ βλωμώ tṑ blōmṓ	οἱ βλωμοί hoi blōmoí
Genitive	τοῦ βλωμοῦ toû blōmoû	τοῖν βλωμοῖν toîn blōmoîn	τῶν βλωμῶν tôn blōmôn
Dative	τῷ βλωμῷ tôi blōmôi	τοῖν βλωμοῖν toîn blōmoîn	τοῖς βλωμοῖς toîs blōmoîs
Accusative	τὸν βλωμόν tòn blōmón	τὼ βλωμώ tṑ blōmṓ	τοὺς βλωμούς toùs blōmoús
Vocative	βλωμέ blōmé	βλωμώ blōmṓ	βλωμοί blōmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βλωμῐ́δῐον (blōmĭ́dĭon)

Further reading

• “βλωμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βλωμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλωμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βλωμός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 223