remus

See also: Remus

Latin

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European root *h₁reh₁- shared with Ancient Greek ἐρετμός (eretmós, oar), ἐρέτης (erétēs, rower) and possibly English oar.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreː.mus/, [ˈreː.mʊs]

Noun

rēmus m (genitive rēmī); second declension

  1. oar

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rēmus rēmī
Genitive rēmī rēmōrum
Dative rēmō rēmīs
Accusative rēmum rēmōs
Ablative rēmō rēmīs
Vocative rēme rēmī

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • remus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • remus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • remus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to row: navem remis agere or propellere
    • to row hard: remis contendere
    • to row hard: navem remis concitare, incitare
    • to stop rowing; to easy: sustinere, inhibere remos (De Or. 1. 33)
  • remus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • remus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • remus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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