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# roman

adjective (Roman — with a capital R); noun (a Roman, Romans)

«roman» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Connected with ancient Rome, a powerful empire long ago around the Mediterranean Sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roman/#m1)
2. A person from ancient Rome or from the city of Rome today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roman/#m2)
3. "roman" with a small r: ordinary upright print, not italic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roman/#m3)
4. A Roman candle is a firework that shoots out bright sparks and balls of fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roman/#m4)

### In the lessons

In history lessons pupils learn about the Romans: their roads, baths, soldiers and buildings, and Hadrian's Wall in Britain. In maths, Roman numerals are I, V, X, L, C, D and M. Phrases: Roman numerals, the Roman Empire, Roman soldiers, Roman roads.

### Examples

- The Romans built long straight roads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roman/#x1)
- Roman soldiers were called legionaries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roman/#x2)
- We are learning to read Roman numerals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roman/#x3)
- In Roman numerals, X means ten. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roman/#x4)
- The clock has Roman numerals on its face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roman/#x5)
- Hadrian's Wall was built by the Romans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roman/#x6)
- The Roman Empire was huge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roman/#x7)
- “Nonsense!” said the Roman Candle, “Romance never dies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roman/#x8)

### Note

Usually written with a capital R. Roman numerals: I = 1, V = 5, X = 10, L = 50, C = 100, D = 500, M = 1000. A smaller numeral before a bigger one is taken away: IV = 4, IX = 9; after it is added: VI = 6, XI = 11. There is no Roman numeral for zero.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Writers linking the letters to old number systems compare early Roman, Greek and South-Arabian ways of marking numbers. In the primary lessons: In history lessons pupils learn about the Romans: their roads, baths, soldiers and buildings, and Hadrian's Wall in Britain. In maths, Roman numerals are I, V, X, L, C, D and M. Phrases: Roman numerals, the Roman Empire, Roman soldiers, Roman roads.

### Examples

- Indeed, the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 were originally indicated by such a series of strokes, as is well known to all familiar with the old Roman, Greek, and South-Arabian systems of notation. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roman/#x1)

### Note

Usually written with a capital R. Roman numerals: I = 1, V = 5, X = 10, L = 50, C = 100, D = 500, M = 1000. A smaller numeral before a bigger one is taken away: IV = 4, IX = 9; after it is added: VI = 6, XI = 11. There is no Roman numeral for zero.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «roman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roman/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«roman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/roman.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «roman» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roman/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«roman» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/roman.html) on Mova free.