romanus
See also: Romanus
Latin
Alternative forms
- Rōmānus (adjective)
Etymology
Derived from Rōma (“Rome”) + -ānus (“-an”, adjectival derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /roːˈmaː.nus/, [roːˈmäːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /roˈma.nus/, [roˈmäːnus]
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Adjective
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.
- Romani ite domum!
- Romans go home!
- senātus populusque rōmānus (SPQR)
- (Medieval Latin) Christian, sometimes particularly Catholic
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
- cīvis rōmānus sum
- rōmānē
- rōmānicus
- rōmānitās
- rōmānulus
- Rōmānus
Related terms
- Rōma
- Rōmulus
Descendants
- Albanian: rëmër, rëmen
- Aromanian: armãn, arãmãn, rãmãn, rrãmãn, rãmen, rrãmen
- Asturian: romanu
- Catalan: romà
- → Dutch: Romeins
- Friulian: roman
- Istro-Romanian: rumăr
- Italian: romano
- Old French: romain
- French: romain
- → English: romaine
- → English: Roman
- French: romain
- → Norwegian Bokmål: roman
- Old Portuguese: romão
- Portuguese: romão, romã
- → Portuguese: romano
- Romanian: roman, român, rumân
- Sicilian: rumanu
- Spanish: romano
- Venetian: roman
Noun
rōmānus m (genitive rōmānī); second declension
- a Roman
- (Medieval Latin) a catholic
- (Medieval Latin) a Latin Frank, a Latin-speaking inhabitant of the Frankish Kingdom
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: romão
- → Portuguese: romano
- Romanian: roman, român
- Sicilian: rumanu
- Spanish: romano
References
- 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, 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)