Rhomaian en · ADJ
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos) + -an, referring to the autonym used by Grecophone writers in the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) Empire.
Meanings
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(rare) Of or pertaining to the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) empire; alternative form of Romaean.
Procopius’s introduction to his Vandal War is a good example of the Roman (or Rhomaian) ethnographical point of view. Even after a century of barbarian rule in Africa or Italy, a Roman intellectual classed kings and elites according to barbarian groupings.
R. Steinacher, ‘Who is the Barbarian? Considerations on the Vandal Royal Title’, in: W. Pohl en G. Heydemann (ed.), Post-Roman Transitions: Christian and Barbarian Identities in the Early Medieval West (Turnhout 2013) 437-485, quote on page 439
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more Rhomaian | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most Rhomaian | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |