Romane

See also: romane and române

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.man/

Proper noun

Romane f

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʁoˈmaːnə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Ro‧ma‧ne

Noun

Romane m

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Roman

Latin

Proper noun

Rōmāne

1. vocative singular of Rōmānus

Adjective

Rōmāne

1. vocative masculine singular of Rōmānus

Old English

Etymology

From Latin rōmānī (“Romans”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroːˌmɑː.ne/

Proper noun

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.

2. (people of) the Holy Roman Empire
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare fōr Odda Rōmana cāsere tō Grēclande, ⁊ þā ġemette hē þāra Sarcena myċele fyrde cuman upp of sǣ, ⁊ woldon þā faran on hergoð on þæt Crīstene folc; ⁊ þā ġefeaht þā cāsere wið hī. ⁊ þǣr wæs myċel wæl ġeslæġen on ġehwæþere hand, ⁊ sē cāsere āhte wælstōwe ġeweald. ⁊ hwæðere hē þǣr wæs miċċlum ġeswenced, ǣr hē þanon hwurfe, ⁊ þā hē hāmweard fōr. ⁊ hē wæs Lēodulfes sunu æþelinges, ⁊ sē Lēodulf wæs þǣs ealdan Oddan sunu, ⁊ Ēadweardes cynginges dohtor sunu.

     And in the same year, Emperor Otto of Rome went to Greece, and there he encountered a great army of Sacarens who had come up from the sea, and intended to then go make war against the Christian people; and so the emperor then fought against them. There was great slaughter on each side, and the emperor took control of the battlefield. Nevertheless, he was very fatigued, and so thence turned around and traveled towards home. He was the son of Prince Leodulf, and Leodulf was son of the elder Otto, and the son of King Edward's daughter.

Usage notes

• 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.

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	—	Rōmāne
accusative	—	Rōmāne
genitive	—	Rōmāna
dative	—	Rōmānum

Synonyms

• Rōmware

Derived terms

• Rōmāna rīċe
• Rōmānisċ