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Meaning of "praenomen"
praenomen: the first of the three names commonly used by individuals in Ancient Rome, equivalent to a personal given name
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- An ancient Roman first name.
- The throne name of a pharaoh, the fourth of the five names of the royal titulary, traditionally encircled by a cartouche and preceded by the title nswt-bjtj.
- The genus name put before the species name.
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Ancient sources disagree on his praenomen.
His praenomen is uncertain.
Other gentes which later used it as a cognomen may originally have used it as a praenomen.
Note the reversal of the praenomen and nomen in the first line.
This page is about the Latin praenomen.
The receiving of a praenomen inaugurated the child as an individual with its own fate.
In earlier times Caesar could originally have been a praenomen.
Münzer suggests that his praenomen should be Publius.
His praenomen is thought to be Tiberius.
The gens Quinctia is derived from the same praenomen.
The praenomen of Julia was given to her after becoming an empress.
It is not certain whether Vibius was his praenomen or his nomen.
The praenomen also gave rise to the patronymic gens Appia.
The plebeian gens Sextilia was derived from the same praenomen.
The only praenomen known to have been used by the family is Gnaeus.
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Its meaning would thus be similar to the more common praenomen Servius.
The only praenomen associated with the known members of the gens is Titus.
There is also some reason to believe that Egerius may have been an old praenomen.
Cicero has the praenomen as Gaius.
The praenomen most associated with the Domitii was Gnaeus.
It is the feminine form of the Roman praenomen Lucius.
His praenomen has not been preserved in the Fasti Capitolini.
It may be the same as the Umbrian praenomen Nerius.
Baebii with the praenomen Lucius are found concentrated around Saguntum in Hispania.
The same was true of the praenomen Tita or Titia.
The consul 's praenomen is given differently by various authorities.
The same root is found in the Latin praenomen Tiberius.
Heraclianus 's praenomen is nowhere cited in the sources.
Their nomen is derived from the Etruscan praenomen Lars.
Neither his praenomen nor his birthplace is known, and his gentile name has been questioned.
At least one early Minucius bore the praenomen Spurius.
The praenomen and nomen with which Aper is associated i . e.
The nomen Otacilius may be derived from the praenomen Octavius.
The same praenomen gave rise to another gens, with the nomen Hostius.
The ancient Hostilii appear to have made regular use of the praenomen Hostus.
Deecke also believed that the Latin praenomen Spurius was of Etruscan origin.
In that case, Proca would also be an ancient praenomen.
Dionysius of Halicarnassus gives the praenomen Servius in place of Spurius.
The edict gave all the enfranchised men Caracalla 's adopted praenomen.
However, with the adoption of hereditary surnames, the praenomen lost much of its original importance.
The root of the name is Salvius, a common Oscan praenomen.
In place of this letter, the praenomen came to be abbreviated M.
In this case, it seems to be a patronymic surname derived from the Oscan praenomen Ovius.
According to Festus, the praenomen Gnaeus originally referred to a birthmark, which was naevus in Latin.
The Etruscan form of this praenomen is Lucie.
The nomen Herennius appears to be a patronymic surname, as Herennius was an Oscan praenomen.
Oddly, Roman women did not have a first name or praenomen like their male counterparts.
For most of the Roman Republic, Spurius was about the ninth most-common praenomen.
Titus was roughly the sixth-most common Latin praenomen throughout Roman history.
The praenomen Menkare appears on the 41st entry of the list.
