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/, [roːˈmäːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /roˈma.nus/, [roˈmäːnus]
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AdjectiveEdit
rōmānus (feminine rōmāna, neuter rōmānum, adverb rōmānē); first/second-declension adjective
- Roman
- senātus populusque rōmānus (SPQR)
- 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.
- senātus populusque rōmānus (SPQR)
- (Medieval Latin) Christian, sometimes particularly Catholic
- (Medieval Latin) Latin Franks, Latin-speaking inhabitants of the Frankish Kingdom
DeclensionEdit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 termsEdit
Related termsEdit
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- 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)