praenomen

American  

[pree-noh-muhn] / priˈnoʊ mən /

Or prenomen

noun

• praenomina,
  plural
• praenomens
  plural

1. the first or personal name of a Roman citizen, as “Gaius” in “Gaius Julius Caesar.”

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praenomen British  

/ priːˈnəʊmɛn /

noun

1. an ancient Roman's first or given name See also agnomen cognomen nomen

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• praenominal
  adjective
• praenominally
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• praenomens
  plural
• praenomina
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of praenomen

1655–65; < Latin praenōmen, equivalent to prae- prae- + nōmen name

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

praenomen praenomina

Roscius was a native of Solonium, a Latin town, his praenomen was Quintus; Aesopus appears to have been a freedman of the Claudia gens.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell

The name of the month in which he was born was changed to Julius, from his praenomen, and we still retain the name.

From History of Julius Caesar by Jacob Abbott

From the praenomen imperator is derived the term emperor, commonly used in modern times to designate Augustus and his successors.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak

His person more than justified his praenomen, for Mr. Harper Freeman, Jr., was undeniably fat.

From Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail by Ralph Connor

I found to my dismay that this fair and fearless high product of modernity had far less acquaintance with Matthew Arnold than with the Evangelist of the same praenomen.

From The Red Planet by William John Locke

Finally it is of considerable historical importance to observe that a great mass of the praenomina used for this purpose are clearly of Italic origin, e.g.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

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