Romuleanadj.

1615 Bp. J. Hall No Peace with Rome iii, in Recoll. Treat. 842 What heresie is there in all times, which that Romulean Wolfe, and her bawling clients are not wont to cast vpon vs?

1620 D. Calderwood Speach Kirk of Scotl. 61 Vpon what warrant they can receive or urge the five Articles, which may not as well inforce the whole ceremonies of England, yea the whole Romulean rites of Antichrist, as being of one kinde and qualitie.

1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells ix. 592 The Romuleian Patriots redeem'd With Gold their Capitoll.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 52 If these be the limits of law to restraine sinne, who so lame a sinner but may hoppe over them more easily then over those Romulean circumscriptions.

a1681 G. Wharton Disc. Years in Wks. (1683) 83 This Calendar lasted but only 24 Romuleian years.

1695 tr. F. Spanheim Funeral Oration Mary II 8 in tr. Coll. Funeral-orations Mary II We take no Notice of Kings descended from the Immortal Gods; the Father of the Romulean Race from Mars, the Macedonian Amyntas or Philip from Hercules, [etc.].

1760 J. Stirling tr. Juvenal Satires xi. 183 The Romulean wolf order'd to grow tame by the fate of the empire.

1766 T. Dilworth Misc. Arithm. ii. 64 This Calendar is said by some, to have continued no longer than Romulus reigned, viz. 45 Romuleian Years, and about 200 Days, making about 38 of our Years.

1866 C. R. Kennedy Hannibal 12 Already the Romulean eagles fly, To scare the vultures who their power defy.

1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 309/1 In the Romuleian legend.

1920 W. H. Mills tr. Horace Nineteen Odes 33 Ye Gods..Give to the Romuleian race Offspring, and means, and every grace.

1946 Classical Jrnl. 41 273/2 The Romulean months form a perfect connecting link between the Greek lunar months and the pre-Julian months.

1996 M. Fox Rom. Hist. Myths vi. 190 Ovid..uses a Romulean reference solely to create an atmosphere of antiquity, when in fact the monument was a republican one.