nomen
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”
Origin of nomen
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How to use nomen in a sentence
Mortuorum ita cum corpore sepeliunt memoriam, vt ne nomen quidem deinceps audire sustineant.
Sadismus nomen habet a quodem libidinoso Gallico marchione de Sade, saeculo duodevicesimo vigente.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyHaec degeneratio nomen habet a fabularum scriptore Sacher-Masoch.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyIpsis (says Pliny, speaking of the sea-calf) in somne mugitus, unde nomen vituli.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonIta Edicti nomen usurpabatur, dum Edictum revera pessundaretur.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry Baird
British Dictionary definitions for nomen
/ (ˈnəʊmɛn) /
Origin of nomen
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