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)
• French: Romulus (fr) m
• Galician: Rómulo (gl) m
• Georgian: რომულუსი (romulusi)
• Greek: Ρωμύλος (el) m (Romýlos)

  Ancient: Ῥωμύλος m (Rhōmúlos)

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

  Brazilian: Rômulo (pt) m

  European: Rómulo (pt) m

• Romanian: Romulus m
• Russian: Ро́мул m (Rómul)
• Sanskrit: रोमुलः m (romulaḥ)
• Serbo-Croatian: Romul m
• Sicilian: Rùmulu 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.

Latin

Etymology

Most likely from Rōma +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈroː.mu.lus/, [ˈroːmʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.mu.lus/, [ˈrɔːmulus]

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