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Romane
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romane române
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
fr female, a modern feminine form of Romain
German
Pronunciation
de /ˌʁoˈmaːnə/
de De-Romane.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Ro ma ne
Noun
de noun form m
de Roman nom//acc//gen p
Latin
Proper noun
la proper noun form Rōmāne
la Rōmānus#Proper noun Rōmānus voc s
Adjective
la adjective form Rōmāne
la Rōmānus#Adjective Rōmānus voc m s
Old English
Etymology
From ang la rōmānī Romans.
Pronunciation
Rō-māne
Proper noun
Rōmāne m-p
the Romans, the nation of Rome
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 11:48
ang Rōmāne cumaþ and nimaþ ūre land. The Romans will come and take our land.
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
ang ⁊ hē [Pirrus] hæfde XX elpenda tō þǣm ġefeohte mid him, þe Rōmane ǣr na ne ne ġesawon: hē wæs sē forma mon þe hīe ǣrest on Italium brōhte. And he [Pyrrhus] had twenty elephants with him in battle, which the Romans had never seen before; he was the first man to bring them to Italy.
(people of) the Holy Roman Empire
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ang ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare fōr Odda Rōmana cāsere tō Grēclande, ⁊ þā ġemette hē þāra Sarcena myċele fyrde cuman upp of sǣ, ⁊ woldon þā faran on hergoð on þæt Crīstene folc; ⁊ þā ġefeaht þā cāsere wið hī. ⁊ þǣr wæs myċel wæl ġeslæġen on ġehwæþere hand, ⁊ sē cāsere āhte wælstōwe ġeweald. ⁊ hwæðere hē þǣr wæs miċċlum ġeswenced, ǣr hē þanon hwurfe, ⁊ þā hē hāmweard fōr. ⁊ hē wæs Lēodulfes sunu æþelinges, ⁊ sē Lēodulf wæs þǣs ealdan Oddan sunu, ⁊ Ēadweardes cynginges dohtor sunu. And in the same year, Emperor Otto of Rome went to Greece, and there he encountered a great army of Sacarens who had come up from the sea, and intended to then go make war against the Christian people; and so the emperor then fought against them. There was great slaughter on each side, and the emperor took control of the battlefield. Nevertheless, he was very fatigued, and so thence turned around and traveled towards home. He was the son of Prince Leodulf, and Leodulf was son of the elder Otto, and the son of King Edward's daughter.
Usage notes
In many instances where we would use the adjective “Roman” or the phrase “of Rome,” the Anglo-Saxons often wrote literally “of the Romans”: Rōmāna rīċe (“the Roman Empire”), Rōmāna cāsere (“the Roman Empire”), Rōmāna folc (“the people of Rome”), Rōmāna bisċop (“the bishop of Rome”). This was consistent with the usage of other ethnonyms: Engla cwēn (“the queen of England,” literally “queen of the English”), Crēca hēafodburg (“the capital of Greece,” literally “capital of the Greeks”), etc.
Declension
strong i-stem Rōmāne Rōmāne Rōmāna Rōmānum
Synonyms
ang Rōmware
Derived terms
ang Rōmāna rīċe
ang Rōmānisċ
ang Demonyms