Romulus
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Romulus
Translations edit
legendary founder of Rome
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Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from French Romulus. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
Proper noun edit
Romulus (plural Romuluses)
- A surname from French.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Romulus is the 35147th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 641 individuals. Romulus is most common among Black/African American (85.8%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Romulus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Most likely a back-formation from Rōma + -ulus (a suffix used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating small size or youth).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈroː.mu.lus/, [ˈroːmʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈro.mu.lus/, [ˈrɔːmulus]
Proper noun edit
Rōmulus m (genitive Rōmulī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | Rōmulus | Rōmulī |
Genitive | Rōmulī | Rōmulōrum |
Dative | Rōmulō | Rōmulīs |
Accusative | Rōmulum | Rōmulōs |
Ablative | Rōmulō | Rōmulīs |
Vocative | Rōmule | Rōmulī |