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Romaeus

Romaeus [LL < ῥωμαῖος] 1 Roman (in quot. as sb. m. w. ref. to the eastern Greek-speaking empire). 1438 Johannes Paleologus, ~orum imperator Bekynton II 32; 1438 imperator ~orum cum dispoto (v. despotes b); 1492 mandamus vobis quod nobilem ‥ virum Paleologum, nepotem ~orum et Constantinopolitani Imperii heredem ‥ transire ‥ permittatis Foed. XII 470. 2 one who travels to or from Rome (as pilgrim or to lodge an appeal). Romam profectus est, de celebranda solennitate martyris ‥ papam petiturus. ‥ ~us Dorobernensis, expedito negotio suo, ad hospitium suum reversus est W. Cant. Mir. Thom. IV 10; que cum biberet apud ‥ civem Cantuariensem affuit ~us petens potum sibi Ib. VI 74.

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