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Latin
Etymology
Derived from Rōma (“Rome”) + -ānus (“-an”, adjectival derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
Adjective
rōmānus (feminine rōmāna, neuter rōmānum, adverb rōmānē); first/second-declension adjective
- Roman
- senātus populusque rōmānus (SPQR)
- the Roman Senate and People
Majestas populi romani revixit.- The majesty of the Roman people is restored.
Romani ite domum!- Romans go home!
- (Medieval Latin) Christian, sometimes particularly Catholic
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
rōmānus m (genitive rōmānī); second declension
- a Roman
- (Medieval Latin) a catholic
- (Medieval Latin) a 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