Praenomen meaning

prē-nō'mən
A first or given name.
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The first name of a citizen of ancient Rome, as Gaius in Gaius Julius Caesar.
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The first or personal name of an ancient Roman, preceding the nomen and cognomen (Ex.: Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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An ancient Roman first name.
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Origin of praenomen

  • Latin praenōmen prae- pre- nōmen name nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Latin praenomen, from prae- + nomen.
    From Wiktionary

Praenomen Sentence Examples

  • One editor of his De Consolatione, Bertius, thinks that he bore the praenomen of Flavius, but there is no authority for this supposition.

  • 455 by order of Valentinian III., was his grandfather, but these facts do not prove that he also had the praenomen of Flavius.

  • By his will the Elder Pliny had made his nephew his adopted son, and the latter now assumed the nomen and praenomen of his adoptive father.

  • 76, errs in stating that he used the title imperator as a praenomen.

  • The Lives of the Sophists gives the praenomen Flavius, which, however, is found elsewhere only in Tzetzes.

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