Remus
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See also: remus
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Remus.
Proper noun
Remus
- (Roman mythology) The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Romulus.
- A male given name from Latin, rare in English.
Translations
the founder of Rome
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
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.[1]
Cognate with Sanskrit यम (yamá, “twin”), and related to Old Norse Ymir and Latin geminus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈre.mus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.mus/,
Proper noun
Remus m sg (genitive Remī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants
References
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 130
- “Rĕmus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Rĕmus³ in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,342/1”
- “Remus²” on page 1,614/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)