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romanus

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See also: Romanus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Rōma (Rome) + -ānus (-an, adjectival derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. 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!
  2. (Medieval Latin) Christian, sometimes particularly Catholic.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

rōmānus m (genitive rōmānī); second declension

  1. Roman
  2. (Medieval Latin) Catholic
  3. (Medieval Latin) Latin Frank (a Latin-speaking inhabitant of the Frankish Kingdom)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

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
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