Definition of Romulus

1. 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.

Category relationships: Roman Mythology
Generic synonyms: Mythical Being

Definition of Romulus

1. Proper noun. (Roman mythology) The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Remus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Romulus

Romex
Romic
Romish
Romist
Romists
Rommany
Rommel
Romney
RomneyCare
Romneya
Romneya coulteri
Romo
Romola
Romulan
Romulans
Romulus (current term)
Románico
Romæan
Romæans
Ron
Ronald
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan
Ronan
Ronbot
Ronbots
Rondônia
Roneo
Roneograph

Literary usage of Romulus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"How Romulus obtained wives for his people. Therefore he built the town on ... Then Romulus was wroth and slew his brother and said, ' Thus may it be with ..."

2. PLUTARCH'S LIVES: Translated from the Original Greek by Plutarch, John Langhorne, William Langhorne, Francis Wrangham (1822)
"THIS is all I have met with, that deserves to be re lated concerning Theseus and Romulus. To come therefore now to the comparison. ..."

3. Plutarch's Lives: The Translation Called Dryden's by Plutarch, John Dryden (1875)
"THIS is what I have learnt of Romulus and Theseus, worthy of memory. It seems, first of all, that Theseus. out of his own free-will, without any compulsion, ..."

4. The Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould (1882)
"The companions of Romulus, bearing the suspicious names of ... at Bamberg on April igth, with proper lessons extracted from the fabulous acts of S. Romulus. ..."

5. Of the Origin and Progress of Language by James Burnett Monboddo (1789)
"This pure religion not introduced by Romulus, but imported by the Greek colonies that had fettled in Latium before his time. ..."

6. Plutarch's Lives: The Translation Called Drydens̀ by Plutarch, John Dryden (1895)
"Add to this the fact that Theseus, for no wrong done to himself, but for the sake of others, fell upon these villains ; but Romulus and Remus, ..."

7. A History of Rome by Robert Fowler Leighton (1880)
"From this time Romulus reigned alone over the two peoples, and made laws to govern ... The Constitution of Romulus.—First of all he divided his people into ..."

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