Romulus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Rōmŭlus, i, m.,

I the founder and first king of Rome , worshipped after his death as Quirinus, Liv. 1, 4 sqq.; Cic. Div. 1, 12, 20; Sen. Ep. 108, 31. — Hence,

A Rōmŭlĕus (Romuleus, Auct. Pervig. Ven. 72), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Romulus : ensis, Ov. F. 3, 67: urbs, Rome , id. ib. 5, 260: casa, Petr. Fragm. 21, 6; cf. Verg. A. 8, 654; Vitr. 2, 1: fera, the she-wolf , Juv. 11, 104 et saep.—

B Rōmŭlus , a, um, adj., of Romulus : ficus, Ov. F. 2, 412: hasta, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 26: tellus, Roman , Verg. A. 6, 877; so, gens, Hor. C. 4, 5, 1; id. C. S. 47: facta, Sil. 13, 793.—

C Rōmŭlāris , e, adj., of Romulus : ficus; v. Ruminalis: populus, Sid. Ep. 9, 13 in carm. 2 fin.

D Rōmŭlĭdae , ārum, m., the posterity of Romulus , the Romans , Lucr. 4, 683; Verg. A. 8, 638; Pers. 1, 31; Prud. adv. Symm. 1, 6.

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