Look up: praenomen

1. praenomen
   [n] - the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome
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2. praenomen
   The praenomen was the first name element in the three-part, Tria Nomina naming convention used by citizens of Rome. This form of personal first name was relatively unimportant, and was rarely used on its own, except for familiar or friendly use. The number of praenomina actually used was small and in the late Republic (ca. 100 BC and later) the num…
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3. praenomen
   noun the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome
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4. Praenomen
   • (n.) The first name of a person, by which individuals of the same family were distinguished, answering to our Christian name, as Caius, Lucius, Marcus, etc.
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5. praenomen
   (from the article `name`) ...influence. In the earliest times the Romans seemingly had only one name; e.g., Romulus, Remus, Manius. From the beginning of historical times, ...
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6. praenomen
   praenomen, praenominal In ancient Rome, someone’s first name.
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7. Praenomen
   :See Praenomen (Ancient Egypt) for the pharaonic throne name. The `praenomen` (literally forename, plural praenomina) was a personal name chosen by the parents of a Roman child. It was first bestowed on the dies lustricus (day of lustration), the eighth day after t...
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