Romulus

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈrɒmjʊləs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑmjʊləs/

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Rōmulus.

Proper noun

Romulus

1. (Roman mythology) The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Remus.

Derived terms

• Romulan

Translations

legendary founder of Rome

• Albanian: Romúl m
• Arabic: رُومُولُوس m (rūmūlūs)
• Armenian: Հռոմուլոս (hy) (Hṙomulos)
• Bulgarian: Ро́мул m (Rómul)
• French: Romulus (fr) m
• Galician: Rómulo (gl) m
• Georgian: რომულუსი (romulusi)
• Greek: Ρωμύλος (el) m (Romýlos)

  Ancient Greek: Ῥωμύλος m (Rhōmúlos)

• Hungarian: Romulus (hu)
• Italian: Romolo (it) m
• Latin: Rōmulus (la) m
• Marathi: रॉम्युलस m (rŏmyulas)
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: Rômulo (pt) m

  European Portuguese: Rómulo (pt) m

• Romanian: Romulus m
• Russian: Ро́мул m (Rómul)
• Sanskrit: रोमुलः m (romulaḥ)
• Serbo-Croatian: Romul m
• Sicilian: Ròmmulu m, Ròmulu m
• Spanish: Rómulo (es)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Romulus. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.

Proper noun

Romulus (plural Romuluses)

1. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Romulus is the 35147^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 641 individuals. Romulus is most common among Black/African American (85.8%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Romulus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Rōmulus. In the traditional German pronunciation of Latin, open stressed syllables in proparoxytones varied between length (as in paroxytones) and shortness (as generally in the English pronunciation system). Today the length is reinforced by the classical pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroːmulʊs/, [ˈʁoː.mu.lʊs], [-mʊ-], (less often) /ˈrɔmulʊs/

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Proper noun

Romulus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Romulus' or (learned) Romuli or (with an article) Romulus)

1. (Roman mythology) Romulus

See also

• Remus

Latin

Etymology

Most likely from Rōma +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈroː.mʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɔː.mu.lus]

Proper noun

Rōmulus m (genitive Rōmulī); second declension

1. (Roman mythology) Romulus (legendary founder of Rome)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Rōmulus	Rōmulī
genitive	Rōmulī	Rōmulōrum
dative	Rōmulō	Rōmulīs
accusative	Rōmulum	Rōmulōs
ablative	Rōmulō	Rōmulīs
vocative	Rōmule	Rōmulī

Coordinate terms

• Remus