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Ramnes

Ramnes · m

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1. Ramnes — Lewis & Short

Ramnes and Ramnenses, ĭum, m.

I The Latin stock or tribe from whose union with the Taties (Sabines) and Luceres (Etruscans) sprang the most ancient Roman State; form Ramnes, usually applied to the tribe, Varr. L. L. 5, § 81 Müll.; Liv. 10, 6, 7; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 31; Ov. F. 3, 131; but it is called Ramnenses, Varr. L. L. 5, § 55. —From them was named,
II One of the three centuries of knights instituted by Romulus, usually called Ramnenses, Liv. 1, 13, 8; Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 36; but Ramnes in Liv. 1, 36, 2.—Hence, poet. for nobles of the olden time, Hor. A. P. 342.

2. Ramnes — Walde–Hofmann

Ramnes, -ium und Ramnenses „eine der drei ältesten patrizischen Tribus und der gleichnamigen Rittercenturien in Rom“ (seit Varro, vgl. Lüceres oben I 825): etr. wie Lüceres (Schulze EN. 218). Nicht als „die reißend schnellen“ zu vapio, rapidus (Vanıcek 232). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. Ramnes, p. 1322]

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Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Ramnés (scan pp. 587-588; entry #9645).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Ramnes (scan p. 1322; entry #2237).

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