Remus

Latin Remus

Remus

1. (Roman mythology) The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Romulus.
2. A male given name, rare in English.

• Esrum, Mureș, Sumer, merus, mures, murse, muser, resum, semur, serum

Remus's name may have originally meant "twin," from Old Latin *Yemos, *Yemonos (“twin”), from Proto-Italic *jemnos (“paired”), from Proto-Indo-European *yemH-no- (“connected, paired”), from *yemH-. Cognate with Old Norse Ýmir, Sanskrit यम (yáma, “twin-born”). The initial 'R' was probably introduced to make the name sound more like Romulus.[1]

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.mus/, [ˈrɛ.mʊs]

Remus m (genitive Remī); second declension

1. (Roman mythology) The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Romulus
2. a Latin cognomen

Second declension.

• Ancient Greek: Ῥῶμος (Rhômos)
• English: Remus

• 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)