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  • noun The son of Mars and eponymous founder of Rome who, with his twin brother, Remus, was reared and suckled by a wolf.

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  • proper noun Roman mythology The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Remus.

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  • noun (Roman mythology) founder of Rome; suckled with his twin brother Remus by a wolf after their parents (Mars and Rhea Silvia) abandoned them; Romulus killed Remus in an argument over the building of Rome

Etymologies

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Latin Romulus

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Examples

  • Romulus wins the race, but the high jump is a dead heat_.) _Romulus (in a temper_).

    Boycotted And Other Stories Talbot Baines Reed 1872

  • Julian House, in imitation of their first institutor, Romulus, who consecrated them to King Tatius: (facem Augustales subdidere: quod sacerdotium, ut _Romulus Tatio regi_, ita Caesar Tiberius

    Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852

  • Oklahoma town names range from the slightly bizarre -- such as Remus named for the traditional founder of Rome who was slain by his twin brother Romulus (coincidentally, the town of Romulus is five miles to the west) -- to the slightly uninspired Yewed, which was supposed to be named after Admiral George Dewey in the late 1800s.

    Archive 2005-11-01 2005

  • • Five years ago, Vincent Lalli started a horticulture program at what is now Hillside Children's Center, a residential treatment center for troubled teens on a barren, 185-acre former Army base in Romulus, N.Y. Incorporating plant science, economics and vocational possibilities, the program encourages responsibility, human interaction and teamwork.

    USATODAY.com - All wrapped up in knowledge 2005

  • Aug. 16, 1987 - Nick Vanos, Phoenix Suns center, in Romulus, Mich.

    Athlete plane crashes 1999

  • He is perfectly right: Nævius and Ennius called Romulus a son of Ilia, the daughter of

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885

  • By this more dignified title Romulus distinguished the Senate from the People; and he introduced another distinction between the powerful and the common people by naming the former patrons, which means defenders, and the latter clients, which means dependants.

    Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839

  • Reynolds, whom he called their Romulus, or said somebody else of the company called him so, which was more likely: but this was, I believe, in the year 1775 or 1776.

    Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson Hester Lynch Piozzi 1781

  • And if Spock isn't reborn than he can't be around to negotiate the truce with Romulus or to be on his way to save Romulus from the supernova, so Nero can't blame him for the death of his wife and civilization and won't chase him into the black hole and if he doesn't chase Spock into the black hole then he won't have changed history so Kirk would have met Carol Marcus so David would have been born so ... et cetera et cetera et cetera.

    Star Trek Geekitude: J.J. Abrams Get Out of the Official Canon Free Card 2009

  • And if Spock isn't reborn than he can't be around to negotiate the truce with Romulus or to be on his way to save Romulus from the supernova, so Nero can't blame him for the death of his wife and civilization and won't chase him into the black hole and if he doesn't chase Spock into the black hole then he won't have changed history so Kirk would have met Carol Marcus so David would have been born so ... et cetera et cetera et cetera.

    Lance Mannion: 2009

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