remus Latin · revision 4924

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *h₁reh₁-}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈreː.mʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈrɛː.mus]^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''rēmus''' ''m'' (genitive rēmī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*rē(s)mo-|t=oar]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₁reh₁-(s)mo-|t=oar]], from the root [[ine-pro|*h₁reh₁-|t=to row]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The spellings with ⟨-resmo-⟩ on the Columna Rostrata may show *rēsmo-.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ἐρετμόν|tr=eretmón|t=oar]], [[sa|अरित्र|tr=arítra|t=oar]], [[lt|ìrti|t=to row]] and [[ang|rōwan|t=to row]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Livius Andronicus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was an oar, as Caesar's ships driven by oars, and ''rēmīs'' “by rowing”, as Lucilius' rowing round the promontory of Minerva.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) ''Ad rēmum dare'' was to assign a man as an oarsman, and in poetry the oars stood for the rowers.^(OLD 2012) Its derivatives were [[rēmex]] “oarsman”, [[birēmis]] and [[trirēmis]], ships with two and three banks of oars.^(de Vaan 2008)

+

+ It survives as [[it|remo]], [[fr|rame]] and [[es|remo]].^(Wiktionary) English ''row'' “to propel with oars” is a cognate.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius speaks of rowing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of oars.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses ''ad rēmum dare''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|oar]], ''rēmīs'', by rowing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(plural, poetic)'' Rowers.^(OLD 2012)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[birēmis]]

+ * [[rēmex]]

+ * [[rēmipedus]]

+ * [[rēmipēs]]

+ * [[rēmivagus]]

+ * [[rēmulus]]

+ * [[trirēmis]]

+ * [[citirēmis]]

+ * [[quīnquerēmis]]

+ * [[septemrēmis]]

+ * [[septiremis]]

+ * [[undecirēmis]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ratis]]

+ * [[en|row]]

+

+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Remus'', with a short /e/, was the brother of Romulus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}