Remus

See also: remus

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Remus.

Proper noun

Remus

  1. (Roman mythology) The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Romulus.
  2. A male given name from Latin, rare in English.

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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

Proper noun

Remus m sg (genitive Remī); second declension

  1. (Roman mythology) Remus (legendary founder of Rome)
  2. a Latin cognomen

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Remus
genitive Remī
dative Remō
accusative Remum
ablative Remō
vocative Reme

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Ῥῶμος (Rhômos)
  • Catalan: Rem
  • English: Remus
  • Italian: Remo
  • Portuguese: Remo
  • Romanian: Remus
  • Spanish: Remo

References

  1. ^ 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)
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