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LNS

Ramns, Ramnis

(Ramnensis, Ramnensis)

Ramnes, Ramnenses

Mostly Plural

noun (m., 3^rd pure I-stem declension)

The Latin stock or tribe from whose union with the
and
sprang the most ancient Roman State
the tribe
One of the three centuries of knights instituted by Romulus
nobles of the olden time

Abbreviations

Ramnes and Ramnenses, ium, m. 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 Mull.; 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, 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.