Rome
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: rome
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English and late Old English Rome, from Old English Rōm, from Late Latin Latin Rōma ("Rome", "Constantinople"), from Classical Latin Rōma ("Rome"). In Roman mythology, the name was said to derive from Romulus, one of the founders of the city and its first king.
The name appears in a wide range of forms in Middle English, including Rom, Room, Roome, and Rombe as well as Rome; by early modern English, it appeared as Rome, Room, and Roome, with the spelling Rome occurring in Shakespeare and common from the early 18th century on. The final spelling was influenced by Norman, Old French, and Middle French Rome.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK), enPR: rōm, IPA(key): /rəʊm/, (archaic, dialectal) IPA(key): /rum/
- (US), enPR: rōm, IPA(key): /roʊm/
- Rhymes: -əʊm
- Homophone: roam
Proper noun[edit]
Rome
- A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula, the capital of a former empire and of the modern region of Lazio and nation of Italy.
- c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Legend of Good Women, 1869:
- c. 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer translating Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, I iv 441:
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar, I ii 157:
- 1866 December 8, 'Filius Ecclesiæ', Notes & Queries, "Rome:Room", 456 1:
- Within the last thirty weeks I have heard the word Rome pronounced Room by several old-fashioned people in the north of Ireland, some of my own relations among the number. On remonstrating with one of these, she said, "It was always Room when I was at school (say about 1830), and I am too old to change it now."
- Ancient Rome; the former Roman Empire; Roman civilization.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, I i 82:
- 1711, Alexander Pope, "An Essay on Criticism", 39:
- Learning and Rome alike in Empire grew,
And Arts still follow'd where her Eagles flew;
From the same Foes [viz., Tyranny and Superstition], at last, both felt their Doom,
And the same Age saw Learning fall, and Rome.
- Learning and Rome alike in Empire grew,
- 1820, Lord Byron, Marino Faliero, V i:
- A wife's dishonour unking'd Rome for ever.
- The Holy See, the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church, particularly prior to the establishment of the Vatican City in the 19th century.
- 1537 January 26, T. Starkey, letter:
- The wych you perauenture wyl impute to thys defectyon from Rome.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, The firſt Part of Henry the Sixt, III ii:
- 1537 January 26, T. Starkey, letter:
- The Church of Rome, the Roman Catholic Church generally.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, The life and death of King Iohn, V ii 70:
Synonyms[edit]
- (archaic) Romeburg, Romeburgh, Romeland, Romelede, Romethede, Rome town
- (dated) Rome city
- Istanbul, Constantinople (new Rome)
- Moscow (third Rome, new Rome)
Derived terms[edit]
- Romes
- Roman
- when in Rome, do as the Romans do
- Rome was not built in a day
- do not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope
- all roads lead to Rome
- go to Rome with a mortar on one's head
- (dated) Romish
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
Statistics[edit]
Most common English words before 1923: enter · consider · provided · #969: Rome · twelve · opposite · vast
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References[edit]
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary. "Rome, n."
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Rome n
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Rome f
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Rome f
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Old English[edit]
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Rome
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Proper noun[edit]
Rome
- Rome (city)
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