LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

rēmus1

rēmus m (genitive rēmī)
Classical[ˈreː.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.mus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. oar

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

lignum lātum quō nāvis per aquam agitur.
rēmus -ī m — in Mille Verba, Mare et Nāvēs
lignum nāvem pellēns
rēmus -ī (m) — in Epistulae, ch. 7

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerēmusrēmī
genitiverēmīrēmōrum
dativerēmōrēmīs
accusativerēmumrēmōs
ablativerēmōrēmīs
vocativerēmerēmī

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

remis contendere
to row hard.
navem remis agere or propellere
to row.
navem remis concitare, incitare
to row hard.
sustinere, inhibere remos (De Or. 1. 33)
to stop rowing; to easy.

rēmus, i, m. ἐρετμός,
I. an oar.
I. Lit., Plaut. As. 3, 1, 16: ut retinet navis cursum, intermisso impetu pulsuque remorum, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 153; Caes. B. G. 3, 13: remis navem incitare, id. ib. 3, 14; 4, 25: remis contendere, id. ib. 5, 8; Verg. A. 1, 104; 552; Hor. Epod. 10, 6; id. A. P. 65: incumbere remis, Verg. A. 10, 294: remis insurgere, id. ib. 3, 207; 560: inpellere aequora remis, Ov. M. 3, 657.—Prov.: remis velisque, velis remisque, remis ventisque; also, ventis remis, with sails and oars, i. e. with all one's might, with all possible speed: ita citi remis velisque impellite puppim, Sil. 1, 568: res omni contentione, velis, ut ita dicam, remisque fugienda, Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 25: laevam cuncta cohors remis ventisque petivit, Verg. A. 3, 563: inde ventis remis in patriam omni festinatione properavi, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3 (cf.: remigio veloque festinare, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 5).—
B. Poet., transf., of the wings of birds: alarum, Ov. M. 5, 558: pennarum (Icari), Sil. 12, 98.— Of the hands and feet of a swimmer, Ov. H. 18, 215.—
II. Trop.: quaerebam, utrum panderem vela orationis statim, an eam ante paululum dialecticorum remis propellerem, Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 9 (shortly before, remigare; opp. vela facere).
Rēmus, v. Remi, I.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *rē(z)mos, from a Proto-Indo-European root *h₁reh₁- shared with Ancient Greek ἐρετμός (eretmós, “oar”), ἐρέτης (erétēs, “rower”), τριήρης (triḗrēs, “trireme”), and possibly English oar.

Descendants
  • Catalanrem
  • Frenchrame
  • Italianremo
  • Occitanrem
  • Portugueseremo
  • Romanianramă
  • Sardinianremu
  • Spanishremo
  • Aragoneseremo
  • Asturianremu
proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Remus2
Remus m sg (genitive Remī)
Classical[ˈrɛ.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.mus]

Meaning

  1. RomanmasculinesingularRemus (legendary founder of Rome)
  2. masculinesingulara Latin cognomen

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeRemus—
genitiveRemīRemōrum
dativeRemōRemīs
accusativeRemumRemōs
ablativeRemōRemīs
vocativeReme—

Rĕmus, i, m.,
I. the brother of Romulus, Liv. 1, 5; 1, 7; Cic. Rep. 2, 2, 4; id. Div. 2, 38, 80; Verg. G. 2, 533; Ov. F. 3, 41; 4, 56; 5, 464.—In the poets, as the ancestor of the Romans, instead of the more usual Romulus: glubit magnanimos Remi nepotes, Cat. 58, 6: turba, Juv. 10, 73 Rupert.: plebs, Mart. 10, 76, 4: regna prima Remi, Prop. 2, 1, 23: domus, id. 4 (5), 1, 9: culmina, Stat. S. 2, 7, 60: signa, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 80.

Origins

Remus' name may have originally meant “twin”, from Old Latin *jemos (“twin”), from Proto-Italic *jemos, from Proto-Indo-European *yemHós (“twin”). The initial r- was probably introduced to make the name sound more like Romulus. Cognate with Sanskrit यम (yamá, “twin”), and related to Old Norse Ymir and Latin geminus.

Descendants
  • CatalanRem
  • EnglishRemus
  • ItalianRemo
  • PortugueseRemo
  • RomanianRemus
  • SpanishRemo
  • Ancient GreekῬῶμος

Quick answers

What does rēmus mean in Latin?
rēmus, a noun, means “oar”.
What is the genitive of rēmus?
The genitive singular is rēmī. rēmus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce rēmus?
In classical Latin, [ˈreː.mʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈrɛː.mus].