praenomen

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But the praenomen is wanting in the original, and the inscription may have been erected not by the satirist but by one of his kinsfolk.

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  1. noun A first or given name.
  2. noun The first name of a citizen of ancient Rome, as Gaius in Gaius Julius Caesar.

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  1. Latin praenōmen : prae-, pre- + nōmen, name; see nŏ̄-men- in Indo-European roots.
 

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