Romulus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɒmjʊləs/

Etymology 1

From Latin Rōmulus.

Proper noun

Romulus

1. (Roman mythology) The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Remus.

Translations

legendary founder of Rome

• 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)
• 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Latin

Etymology

Most likely a back-formation from Rōma + -ulus (a suffix used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating small size or youth). Constructed similarly to Latin famulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈroː.mu.lus/, [ˈroːmʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Rōmulus	Rōmulī
Genitive	Rōmulī	Rōmulōrum
Dative	Rōmulō	Rōmulīs
Accusative	Rōmulum	Rōmulōs
Ablative	Rōmulō	Rōmulīs
Vocative	Rōmule	Rōmulī

Coordinate terms

• Remus