adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
Rōmānus1
Rōmānus (feminine Rōmāna, neuter Rōmānum, adverb rōmānē)
Classical[roːˈmaː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[roˈmaː.nus]
Meaning
- adjectiveRoman
the Roman Senate and People
senātus populusque Rōmānus (SPQR)Majestas populi Romani revixit.
The majesty of the Roman people is restored. - Medieval LatinadjectiveChristian, sometimes particularly Catholic.
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Rōmānus | Rōmāna | Rōmānum |
| genitive | Rōmānī | Rōmānae | Rōmānī |
| dative | Rōmānō | Rōmānae | Rōmānō |
| accusative | Rōmānum | Rōmānam | Rōmānum |
| ablative | Rōmānō | Rōmānā | Rōmānō |
| vocative | Rōmāne | Rōmāna | Rōmānum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Rōmānī | Rōmānae | Rōmāna |
| genitive | Rōmānōrum | Rōmānārum | Rōmānōrum |
| dative | Rōmānīs | Rōmānīs | Rōmānīs |
| accusative | Rōmānōs | Rōmānās | Rōmāna |
| ablative | Rōmānīs | Rōmānīs | Rōmānīs |
| vocative | Rōmānī | Rōmānae | Rōmāna |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- res Romanae
- Roman history (i.e. the events in it).
- res gestae Romanorum
- Roman history (i.e. the events in it).
- memoria rerum Romanarum
- Roman history (as tradition).
- Asia populi Romani facta est
- Asia was made subject to Rome.
- res populi Romani perscribere
- to write a history of Rome.
- poesis genus ad Romanos transferre
- to transplant to Rome one of the branches of poesy.
- historia Romana or rerum Romanarum historia
- Roman history (i.e. the exposition, representation of it by writers).
- in amicitia populi Romani esse (Liv. 22. 37)
- to be on friendly terms with the Roman people.
3 more phrases
- memoriam rerum gestarum (rerum Romanarum) tenere
- to be well versed in Roman history.
- exempla a rerum Romanarum (Graecarum) memoria petita
- examples taken from Roman (Greek) history.
- sunt in illo, ut in homine Romano, multae litterae (De Sen. 4. 12)
- for a Roman he is decidedly well educated.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Rōmānus adj.
Roma, of Rome, Roman : populus R. (always in this order; usu. written P. R.): cives, C.: urbs, i. e. Rome , L.: Iuno (opp. Argiva), C.: lingua, Latin , O., Ta.: ludi, i. e. ludi magni, the most ancient in Rome, annually celebrated on the 4 th of September , C., L.: Romano more, i. e. frankly : minime arte Romanā, L.: et facere et pati fortia Romanum est, L.—As subst m., the Roman (sc. imperator), L.: Romani, the Romans , L.—Sing collect., the Romans , L.—As subst f., a Roman woman , L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus From Rōma (“Rome”) + -ānus (“-an”, adjectival derivational suffix).
Descendants
- Catalanromà
- Italianromano
- Frenchromainfrom Old French romain
- Englishromainefrom Old French romain
- EnglishRomanfrom Old French romain
- Portugueseromãofrom Old Galician-Portuguese romão
- Portugueseromãfrom Old Galician-Portuguese romão
- Romanianromân
- Romanianrumân
- Spanishromano