Romulea

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Romulea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – certain flowers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Iridaceae – family; Crocoideae - subfamily; Ixieae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Romulea bulbocodium - type species

Descendants

• → Russian: рому́лея (romúleja)

References

• Romulea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Romulea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Romulea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /roːˈmu.le.a/, [roːˈmʊɫ̪eä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /roˈmu.le.a/, [roˈmuːleä]

Proper noun

Rōmulea f sg (genitive Rōmuleae); first declension

1. an inland city of Samnium mentioned by Livy

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Rōmulea
genitive	Rōmuleae
dative	Rōmuleae
accusative	Rōmuleam
ablative	Rōmuleā
vocative	Rōmulea
locative	Rōmuleae

References

• “Romulea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Romulea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.