Romulea

From Latin Rōmulus (“Romulus”) +‎ -ea or directly borrowed from Latin Rōmulea.

Romulea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – certain flowers.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Iridaceae – family; Crocoideae - subfamily; Ixieae - tribe

• (genus): Romulea bulbocodium - type species

• → Russian: рому́лея (romúleja)

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [roːˈmʊ.ɫe.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [roˈmuː.le.a]

Rōmulea f sg (genitive Rōmuleae); first declension

1. an inland city of Samnium mentioned by Livy

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• “Romulea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Romulea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.