romanus

See also: Romanus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Rōma (“Rome”) +‎ -ānus (“-an”, adjectival derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /roːˈmaː.nus/, [roːˈmaː.n̪ʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /roˈma.nus/, [rɔˈmaː.nus]

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Adjective

rōmānus (feminine rōmāna, neuter rōmānum, adverb rōmānē); first/second-declension adjective

1. 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.

2. (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.

3. (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.

Declension

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

Derived terms

• civis romanus sum
• rōmānē
• rōmānicus
• rōmānitās
• rōmānulus
• Rōmānus

Related terms

• Rōma
• Rōmulus

Descendants

• Albanian: rëmër
• Aromanian: armãn
• Asturian: romanu
• Catalan: romà
• Dutch: Romeins
• English: romaine, Roman
• French: romain
• Friulian: roman
• Istro-Romanian: rumăr
• Italian: romano

• Old French: romain
• Old Portuguese: romão
• Portuguese: romano, romão, romã
• Romanian: roman, român, rumân
• Sicilian: rumanu, romanu
• Spanish: romano
• Venetian: roman

Noun

rōmānus m (genitive rōmānī); second declension

1. a Roman
2. (Medieval Latin) a catholic
3. (Medieval Latin) a Latin Frank

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rōmānus	rōmānī
Genitive	rōmānī	rōmānōrum
Dative	rōmānō	rōmānīs
Accusative	rōmānum	rōmānōs
Ablative	rōmānō	rōmānīs
Vocative	rōmāne	rōmānī

Descendants

• Aromanian: armãn
• Catalan: romà
• Dutch: Romein
• English: Roman
• French: Romain

• Italian: romano
• Portuguese: romano, romão
• Romanian: roman, român
• Spanish: romano

References

• 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
    
• romanus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray