REMORA
the name which Remus would have given to Rome if he had
been its founder (Enn. frg. 77 (Vahlen):
certabant urbem Romam
Remoramve vocarent). This is probably a mere variant for
REMORIA
(q.v.), required by the metre (Mommsen, Hist.
Schr. i. 15. a. 2;
Glotta
i. 294).