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, priːˈnɒmɪnəl /

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

Etymology

Origin of praenomen

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

praenomen praenomina

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 Locke, William John

Significant in this respect was his revival of the praenomen imperator, which had been neglected by the successors of Augustus.

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

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 Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

He clothed himself with the powers and the badges of the consuls, the praenomen of imperator, the functions of perpetual dictator.

From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John

From this time the praenomen Imperator was a prerogative of the Roman commander-in-chief.

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

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