adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
Rū̆mī̆nus
Rū̆mī̆nus (feminine Rū̆mī̆na, neuter Rū̆mī̆num)
Meaning
- Romanadjectivean epithet of Jupiter
- adjectivean epithet of the Ficus Ruminalis, a sacred fig tree
Arbor erat: remanent vestigia, quaeque vocatur / Rūmĭna nunc ficus, Romula ficus erat.
1931 translation by James G. Frazer, revised by G. P. Goold There was a tree (traces of it still remain), which is now called the Rumina fig-tree, but was once the Romulan fig-tree.8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 2.412
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Rū̆mī̆nus | Rū̆mī̆na | Rū̆mī̆num |
| genitive | Rū̆mī̆nī | Rū̆mī̆nae | Rū̆mī̆nī |
| dative | Rū̆mī̆nō | Rū̆mī̆nae | Rū̆mī̆nō |
| accusative | Rū̆mī̆num | Rū̆mī̆nam | Rū̆mī̆num |
| ablative | Rū̆mī̆nō | Rū̆mī̆nā | Rū̆mī̆nō |
| vocative | Rū̆mī̆ne | Rū̆mī̆na | Rū̆mī̆num |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Rū̆mī̆nī | Rū̆mī̆nae | Rū̆mī̆na |
| genitive | Rū̆mī̆nōrum | Rū̆mī̆nārum | Rū̆mī̆nōrum |
| dative | Rū̆mī̆nīs | Rū̆mī̆nīs | Rū̆mī̆nīs |
| accusative | Rū̆mī̆nōs | Rū̆mī̆nās | Rū̆mī̆na |
| ablative | Rū̆mī̆nīs | Rū̆mī̆nīs | Rū̆mī̆nīs |
| vocative | Rū̆mī̆nī | Rū̆mī̆nae | Rū̆mī̆na |
Rūmīnus, i, m. rumis, analog. to 1. Rumina,
I. an epithet of Jupiter, as the nourisher of all things, Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 11.
Origins
Seemingly from rū̆ma (“teat, nipple, breast”) + -īnus; compare Rū̆mī̆na.