romanus
See also: Romanus
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Rōmānus (adjective)
EtymologyEdit
Derived from Rōma (“Rome”) + -ānus (“-an”, adjectival derivational suffix).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /roːˈmaː.nus/, [roːˈmaː.nʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /roˈma.nus/, [rɔˈmaː.nus]
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AdjectiveEdit
rōmānus (feminine rōmāna, neuter rōmānum, adverb rōmānē); first/second-declension adjective
- Roman
- Senatus Populusque Romanus
- The Roman Senate and People
- Majestas populi romani revixit.
- The majesty of the Roman people is restored.
- Civis romanus sum.
- I am a Roman citizen.
- Senatus Populusque Romanus
- (Medieval Latin) Christian, sometimes particularly Catholic
- 1678, du Cange, Glossarium mediæ et infimæ latinitatis, page 210a:
- Romanos enim vocitant homines nostræ religionis.
- 1678, du Cange, Glossarium mediæ et infimæ latinitatis, page 210a:
- Itaque eum non esse illum verum Dei Filium dicitis,..... nos vero romani dicimus unius substantiæ cum patre illum esse.
- (Medieval Latin) Latin Franks, Latin speaking inhabitants of the Frankish Kingdom
- 1678, du Cange, Glossarium mediæ et infimæ latinitatis, page 210a:
- Italicis vero terminis incognitus non erat ; et ipsis Francigenis, qui et Romani dicuntur, admodum bellicosis, non tam admirandus quam et metuendus insonabat.
DeclensionEdit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | rōmānus | rōmāna | rōmānum | rōmānī | rōmānae | rōmāna | |
| Genitive | rōmānī | rōmānae | rōmānī | rōmānōrum | rōmānārum | rōmānōrum | |
| Dative | rōmānō | rōmānō | rōmānīs | ||||
| Accusative | rōmānum | rōmānam | rōmānum | rōmānōs | rōmānās | rōmāna | |
| Ablative | rōmānō | rōmānā | rōmānō | rōmānīs | |||
| Vocative | rōmāne | rōmāna | rōmānum | rōmānī | rōmānae | rōmāna | |
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DescendantsEdit
NounEdit
rōmānus m (genitive rōmānī); second declension
- a Roman
- (Medieval Latin) a catholic
- (Medieval Latin) a Latin Frank
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rōmānus | rōmānī |
| Genitive | rōmānī | rōmānōrum |
| Dative | rōmānō | rōmānīs |
| Accusative | rōmānum | rōmānōs |
| Ablative | rōmānō | rōmānīs |
| Vocative | rōmāne | rōmānī |
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- romanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- romanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- for a Roman he is decidedly well educated: sunt in illo, ut in homine Romano, multae litterae (De Sen. 4. 12)
- examples taken from Roman (Greek) history: exempla a rerum Romanarum (Graecarum) memoria petita
- Roman history (i.e. the events in it): res Romanae
- Roman history (i.e. the events in it): res gestae Romanorum
- Roman history (i.e. the exposition, representation of it by writers): historia Romana or rerum Romanarum historia
- Roman history (as tradition): memoria rerum Romanarum
- to write a history of Rome: res populi Romani perscribere
- to be well versed in Roman history: memoriam rerum gestarum (rerum Romanarum) tenere
- to transplant to Rome one of the branches of poesy: poesis genus ad Romanos transferre
- to be on friendly terms with the Roman people: in amicitia populi Romani esse (Liv. 22. 37)
- Asia was made subject to Rome: Asia populi Romani facta est
- for a Roman he is decidedly well educated: sunt in illo, ut in homine Romano, multae litterae (De Sen. 4. 12)
- romanus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray