Romaeus

Romaeus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • (rare) Rhōmaeus

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos), using Rōma +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Rōmaeus (feminine Rōmaea, neuter Rōmaeum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (post-Classical) Romaean, Byzantine

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative Rōmaeus Rōmaea Rōmaeum Rōmaeī Rōmaeae Rōmaea
genitive Rōmaeī Rōmaeae Rōmaeī Rōmaeōrum Rōmaeārum Rōmaeōrum
dative Rōmaeō Rōmaeae Rōmaeō Rōmaeīs
accusative Rōmaeum Rōmaeam Rōmaeum Rōmaeōs Rōmaeās Rōmaea
ablative Rōmaeō Rōmaeā Rōmaeō Rōmaeīs
vocative Rōmaee Rōmaea Rōmaeum Rōmaeī Rōmaeae Rōmaea

Noun

Rōmaeus m sg (genitive Rōmaeī); second declension

  1. (post-Classical) Romaean, Byzantine
    • 1872, Official Correspondence, page 28:
      […] et nuntius serenissimi domini Imperatoris Romæorum […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Rōmaeus Rōmaeī
genitive Rōmaeī Rōmaeōrum
dative Rōmaeō Rōmaeīs
accusative Rōmaeum Rōmaeōs
ablative Rōmaeō Rōmaeīs
vocative Rōmaee Rōmaeī

Descendants

  • English: Romaean, Rhomaean
  • French: roméen, Roméen
  • German: romäisch, Romäer
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: romeo
    • Sicilian: Rumìu, Rumeu
  • Padanian:
    • Piedmontese: romé, romèj
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: romeâjo
      • ? Piedmontese: rumiagi
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Old Leonese: romío
      • Asturian: romeru (semi-learned)
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: romeu
      • Galician: romeiro (semi-learned)
      • Portuguese: romeiro (semi-learned)
    • Old Spanish: romeo
      • Spanish: romero (semi-learned)