Romane

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.man/

Romane f

1. a female given name, a modern feminine form of Romain

• IPA^(key): /ˌʁoˈmaːnə/

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• Hyphenation: Ro‧ma‧ne

Romane m

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Roman

Rōmāne

1. vocative singular of Rōmānus

Rōmāne

1. vocative masculine singular of Rōmānus

From Latin rōmānī (“Romans”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈroːˌmɑː.ne/

Rōmāne m pl

1. the Romans, the nation of Rome
   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 11:48

     Rōmāne cumaþ and nimaþ ūre land.

     The Romans will come and take our land.

   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     ⁊ hē [Pirrus] hæfde XX elpenda tō þǣm ġefeohte mid him, þe Rōmane ǣr na ne ne ġesawon: hē wæs sē forma mon þe hīe ǣrest on Italium brōhte.

     And he [Pyrrhus] had twenty elephants with him in battle, which the Romans had never seen before; he was the first man to bring them to Italy.

• In many instances where we would use the adjective “Roman” or the phrase “of Rome,” the Anglo-Saxons often wrote literally “of the Romans”: Rōmāna rīċe (“the Roman Empire”), Rōmāna cāsere (“the Roman Empire”), Rōmāna folc (“the people of Rome”), Rōmāna bisċop (“the bishop of Rome”). This was consistent with the usage of other ethnonyms: Engla cwēn (“the queen of England,” literally “queen of the English”), Crēca hēafodburg (“the capital of Greece,” literally “capital of the Greeks”), etc.

Strong i-stem:

• Rōmware

• Rōmāna rīċe
• Rōmānisċ