Remus

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Remus. === Proper noun === Remus (Roman mythology) The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Romulus. A male given name from Latin, rare in English. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === semur, resum, Reums, serum, Mureș, merus, muser, Muser, murse, mures, Sumer, Esrum == Latin == === Etymology === Remus' name may have originally meant “twin”, from Old Latin *jemos (“twin”), from Proto-Italic *jemos, from Proto-Indo-European *yemHós (“twin”). The initial r- was probably introduced to make the name sound more like Romulus. Cognate with Sanskrit यम (yamá, “twin”), and related to Old Norse Ymir and Latin geminus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈrɛ.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɛː.mus] === Proper noun === Remus m sg (genitive Remī); second declension (Roman mythology) Remus (legendary founder of Rome) a Latin cognomen ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Rĕmus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Rĕmus³”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,342/1” “Remus²” on page 1,614/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)