Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A first or given name.
- n. The first name of a citizen of ancient Rome, as Gaius in Gaius Julius Caesar.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Among the ancient Romans, a name prefixed to the family name, answering to the modern Christian or personal name, as Gaius, Lucius, Marcus, etc.
- n. In zoology, the generic name, or name of the genus to which a species belongs, which invariably precedes the specific or trivial name in the binomial system of nomenclature. Thus, Felis is the prænomen in the term Felis leo, which is the technical name of the lion.
Wiktionary
- n. An ancient Roman first name.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Rom. Antiq.) The first name of a person, by which individuals of the same family were distinguished, answering to our
Christian name , as Caius, Lucius, Marcus, etc.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome
Etymologies
- From Latin praenomen, from prae- + nomen. (Wiktionary)
- Latin praenōmen : prae-, pre- + nōmen, name; see nŏ̄-men- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“This, called the praenomen, was conferred on the child when a babe with a ceremony not unlike that of our baptism.”
“This praenomen is in turn attributable to the attested Latin name Sentius.”
“Firstly Sentina can be securely formed from the combination of praenomen Sentiie TLE 113: Senties 'of Sentiie' plus the suffix of appurtenance -na.”
“*Vanalas may be understood as "of Venel praenomen".”
“Metellus is an unhappy choice of name then, because not only is a cognomen used as praenomen, but it's also one of those cognomen closely associated with one powerful family.”
“Of course this is possible, especially considering that Etruscans did make use of abbreviations normally for the praenomen of the deceased in funerary inscriptions.”
“I've tried translating it as a male praenomen but this fails to explain its instances in the Tabula Capuana.”
“We know that La in the first line is an abbreviation for the male praenomen Larth.”
Problems with Etruscan inscription TLE 890 (or with Etruscologists)
“So then, this would mean that the masculine praenomen Arnth was from *Aranθi with genitive *Aranθi-al and the feminine praenomen was *Aranθia at the time, with a homophonous genitive *Aranθia-l.”
“This is corroborated by evidence from Eteo-Cretan and derivative names Θupalθa later written Θufalθa and praenomen Θupe.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘praenomen’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Of Mice and Men
Words with consecutive sequences of m-i-c-e or m-e-n.
pumice, vermicelli, Comice, cognomen, agnomen, amenable, mice, men, women, praenomen, mention, hemicellulose and 12 more...
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Words that have "ae" or "oe"
Add any words you know that have these letter combinations!
acoelous, cacoethes, aeschylean, aborvitae, phaeochrous, aeneous, algae, aesthetic, aerobics, daedal, vitae, minutiae and 53 more...
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pre-, prae-
before
precede, precocious, pre-adolescent, predisposition, prepare, prefix, pregame, predict, precaution, precook, preheat, preview and 10 more...
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Latin
exempli gratia, deus ex machina, prolix, sisyphean, minatory, empyrean, cicatrix, demulcent, effulgence, emulsion, garum, ablative and 39 more...
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A Name
Nouns meaning a name
nomen, binomen, cognomen, appellation, epithet, agnomen, designation, surname, alias, autonym, eponym, anonym and 18 more...
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Cinnamony Sea Anemones & Co.
Words full of m's and n's are a little-known cure for sadness.
aeschynomenous, monomoy, zamzummim, abdominous, abhominal, abonnement, acetaminophen, acetophenone, adenomyoma, aeronomer, agnominal, albuminimeter and 229 more...
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bintalshamsa's list
My Favorite Words
weltschmerz, perspicacity, idée fixe, invigilator, salubrious, tchotchke, ex nihilo, invidious, malapropism, naïve, sardonic, elide and 1401 more...
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The Collection
A somewhat discriminatory list of words and phrases collected for their euphonic or arcane appeal, interesting etymology, or concise definition of an otherwise unnamed phenomenon or concept.
ziggurat, neophilia, sucker punch, soporific, epoch, tundra, fiat, idiotproof, miscellany, metaphysics, cryptozoology, dysphoria and 850 more...
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Greg's Words
frippet, furtive, gimcrack, indefatigable, vicissitudes, pedant, ziggurat, susurrus, sub rosa, rodomontade, interregnum, abscise and 168 more...
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3248 more...
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Name-Calling
tag, sobriquet, nickname, appellation, designation, title, handle, moniker, alias, surname, cognomen, label and 22 more...
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Tomanian
humdudgeon, bounden, limitrophe, autarkic, bemute, janissary, camarilla, bastion, barbican, machicolation, abacinate, donjon and 28 more...
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freerice words to learn
because the website is just that awesome.
allocution, embolism, napery, hemidemisemiquaver, bestir, moppet, ampoule, pullet, praenomen, philately, hauberk, ratiocination and 40 more...
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