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See also: prænomen
English
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Etymology
From Latin praenōmen, from prae- (“pre-: before”) + nōmen (“name, family name”).
Noun
praenomen (plural praenomens or praenomina)
- (historical) An Ancient Roman given name.
- Julius Caesar's praenomen was Gaius.
- (historical) 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.
- Tutankhamun's praenomen or throne name was Nebkheperrure, "Lord of the forms of Ra".
- 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 121:
- The old explanation was that the Greeks applied the name [λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos)] to it [the Temple of Hawara] because the prenomen or "throne-name" of its builder, Amenemhat III., would have been pronounced *Nemarîe, and, by a usual interchange of n with l, transliterated into Greek as Labaris or Lamaris.
- (zoology) The genus name in a binomial scientific name.
- In the name Tyrannosaurus rex, "Tyrannosaurus" is the praenomen.
Hypernyms
- (Roman personal name): See given name
Coordinate terms
- (Roman personal name): nomen (family name), cognomen (epithet or clan name), agnomen (epithet)
- (Pharaonic name): serekh name, Two Ladies name, gold name, nomen (given name)
Related terms
Translations
ancient Roman first name
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Latin
Etymology
prae- (“before”) + nōmen (“name”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈnoː.men/, [präe̯ˈnoːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈno.men/, [preˈnɔːmen]
Noun
praenōmen n (genitive praenōminis); third declension
- praenomen: An ancient Roman first name.
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | praenōmen | praenōmina |
Genitive | praenōminis | praenōminum |
Dative | praenōminī | praenōminibus |
Accusative | praenōmen | praenōmina |
Ablative | praenōmine | praenōminibus |
Vocative | praenōmen | praenōmina |
Related terms
References
- “praenomen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praenomen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praenomen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “praenomen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “praenomen”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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