nomen
noun
(in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”
nomina
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pluralof nomen.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Thus he concocts his accusations of immorality, or drunkenness, or profanity, or uncharity towards neighbors, and writes them busily down in his quorum nomina, or formulas of citations to appear before the official's court.
From The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects by Sedley Lynch Ware
Gronovius and Bekker read Mettius; Niebuhr also prefers Mettius; he conceives that the Latin prænomina and the Roman nomina terminated in ius.
From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Titus Livius
Wry-neck, Raii nomina: Jynx, sive torquilla: Usually appears about: The middle of March: harsh note.
From The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White
Woodlark, Raii nomina: Alauda arborea: In January, and continues to sing through all the summer and autumn.
From The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White
It is just the nomina sexus which here are suitable; the omission of the article also is intentional.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
