Romanus

See also: romanus

Latin

Etymology

From rōmānus (“Roman”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /roːˈmaː.nus/, [roːˈmäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /roˈma.nus/, [roˈmäːnus]

Proper noun

Rōmānus m (genitive Rōmānī); second declension

1. a male given name made famous by a martyred 7th-century bishop of Rouen

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Rōmānus	Rōmānī
Genitive	Rōmānī	Rōmānōrum
Dative	Rōmānō	Rōmānīs
Accusative	Rōmānum	Rōmānōs
Ablative	Rōmānō	Rōmānīs
Vocative	Rōmāne	Rōmānī

Descendants

• → Armenian: Ռոմանոս (Ṙomanos)
• → Czech: Roman
• → English: Roman
• → Estonian: Roman
• French: Romain
• Galician: Román, Romai (place name)
• → German: Roman
• → Koine Greek: Ῥωμανός (Rhōmanós)
  • → Greek: Ρωμανός (Romanós) (learned)
• Italian: Romano
• → Polish: Roman
• Portuguese: Romão
• → Russian: Рома́н (Román)
• Romanian: Roman
• Old Spanish: Romano
  • Spanish: Romano

Adjective

Rōmānus (feminine Rōmāna, neuter Rōmānum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Alternative letter-case form of rōmānus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Rōmānus	Rōmāna	Rōmānum		Rōmānī	Rōmānae	Rōmāna
Genitive	Rōmānī	Rōmānae	Rōmānī		Rōmānōrum	Rōmānārum	Rōmānōrum
Dative	Rōmānō		Rōmānō		Rōmānīs
Accusative	Rōmānum	Rōmānam	Rōmānum		Rōmānōs	Rōmānās	Rōmāna
Ablative	Rōmānō	Rōmānā	Rōmānō		Rōmānīs
Vocative	Rōmāne	Rōmāna	Rōmānum		Rōmānī	Rōmānae	Rōmāna

References

• “Romanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Rōma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  Rōmānus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• 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)
• “Romanus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray