Rome
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English Rome, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English Rōm, Rūm, from Proto-Germanic *Rūmō and influenced by (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Norman, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman, and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French Rome.[1]
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -əʊm
- Homophones: roam, Rom
Proper noun
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. 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
- (archaic) Romeburg, Romeburgh, Romeland, Romelede, Romethede, Rome town
- (dated) Rome city
- Istanbul, Constantinople (new Rome)
- Moscow (third Rome, new Rome)
Derived terms
- 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
Descendants
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See also
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary. "Rome, n."
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch rome
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rome n
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French Rome, from Latin Rōma.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rome f
Anagrams
Italian
Proper noun
Rome f
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English Rōm, from Latin Rōma.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rome
- Rome (the capital of the Papacy and the Roman Empire)
- The Roman Empire.
Descendants
References
- “Rọ̄me (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-01.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Proper noun
Rome
- Rome (city)
Descendants
- French: Rome
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