Rumina

Latin

Alternative forms

Rūmia

Etymology

Seemingly from rū̆mis (“teat, nipple, breast”) +‎ -īna, i.e. the feminine of Rū̆mīnus. The form seems to have been affected by analogy. As the tree named after the goddess (the Ficus Ruminalis) was associated with Romulus and Remus, the name was supposed in ancient times to be derived from a form like Rōmula (see Rōma). Another potential source of influence would be rūmen (“throat”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ruːˈmiː.na/, [ruːˈmiːnä] or IPA^(key): /ruˈmiː.na/, [rʊˈmiːnä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ruˈmi.na/, [ruˈmiːnä]
(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈruː.mi.na/, [ˈruːmɪnä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.mi.na/, [ˈruːminä]

Proper noun

Rū̆mī̆na f sg (genitive Rū̆mī̆nae); first declension

(Roman mythology) Rumina (goddess of nursing mothers)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Rū̆mī̆na
genitive	Rū̆mī̆nae
dative	Rū̆mī̆nae
accusative	Rū̆mī̆nam
ablative	Rū̆mī̆nā
vocative	Rū̆mī̆na

Derived terms

rū̆mī̆nalis

References

“Rumina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Rumina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.