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remos

remos is a Latin form of remus, meaning “oar; (Remus) brother of Romulus”.

It can also be a form of remi, “the Remi, a people of Gaul”. It is the accusative plural masculine noun.

Found 60 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.5.1: Caesar Remos cohortatus liberaliterque oratione prosecutus omnem senatum ad se convenire principumque liberos obsides ad se adduci iussit. Quae omnia ab his diligenter ad diem facta sunt.

Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.58: … ebat latiore uti spatio, producta longius acie circumvenire nostros aut pluribus navibus adoriri singulas aut remos transi currentes detergere, si possent, contendebant; cur propius erat necessario ventum, ab scientia guberna …

All forms of remus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.