I.the founder and first king of Rome, worshipped after his death as Quirinus, Liv. 1, 4 sqq.; Cic. Div. 1, 12, 20; Sen. Ep. 108, 31. — Hence,
A. Rōmŭlĕus (Romuleus, Auct. Perv. Ven. 72), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Romulus: “ensis,” Ov. F. 3, 67: “urbs,” Rome, id. ib. 5, 260: “casa,” Petr. Fragm. 21, 6; cf. Verg. A. 8, 654; Vitr. 2, 1: “fera,” the she-wolf, Juv. 11, 104 et saep.—
B. Rōmŭlus , a, um, adj., of Romulus: “ficus,” Ov. F. 2, 412: “hasta,” Prop. 4 (5), 4, 26. “tellus,” Roman, Verg. A. 6, 877; so, “gens,” Hor. C. 4, 5, 1; id. C. S. 47: “facta,” Sil. 13, 793.—
D. Rōmŭlĭdae , ārum, m., the posterity of Romulus, the Romans, Lucr. 4, 683; Verg. A. 8, 638; Pers. 1, 31; Prud. adv. Symm. 1, 6.