Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: romulus
IPA transcription: [ɹ'ɑmjələs]
Pronunciations of romulus
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Romulus
    Meaning: (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
Usage examples
  • My eucalyptus or blue gum grove was down near the big sycamore, and opposite the bare knoll where Romulus and the burrowing owls had their nightly battles.
  • The ancient Greeks reckoned time by the Olympiads, which fact, according to this interesting clergyman, ought to prove that the Olympic games were instituted by the God Heracles or Hercules, son of Zeus; the Roman Chronology began with the building of Rome by Romulus, which by the same reasoning would prove that Romulus and Remus, born of Mars, and nursed by a she-wolf, are historical.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Julius Caesar, License CC BY-SA 4.0